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For many people, the sight of numbers, equations, or even a simple calculation can trigger a feeling of panic. A fast beating ...

Linda Galligan is a board member the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute. We are all born with a brain that understands maths. So are animals, to some extent, but perhaps algebra would be a bit ...

University of Bath provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, recently discovered to be made as early as the 3rd ...

In an AP poll, over 1/3 of adults polled about school year math experiences indicated that they “hated” math in school. In fact, math was twice as despised as any other subject. Even if math was not ...