Quantum walks sound abstract, but they sit at the center of a very concrete race: who will harness quantum mechanics to solve problems that overwhelm today’s most powerful supercomputers. Instead of ...

Humans respond to environments that change at many different speeds. A video game player, for example, reacts to on-screen ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly ...

Joe Root had 17 Test 100s in his first 9 years. He has 24 in the last 4. How did he do it? This data-centric long-read ...

Retirees are streaming back into the labor market in noticeable numbers, and the stakes go far beyond a few extra paychecks. Their decisions are reshaping how economists read the business cycle, how ...

Math teachers have to accommodate high school students' different approaches to problem-solving. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Among high school students and adults, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...