Two elite universities already tried protecting freshmen from hard truths – and walked it back. University of Michigan hasn't gotten the memo.

Improving reading skills remains the more persistent challenge across the U.S., while students are faring better in math.

The 74 reports on a summer program in Birmingham, Alabama, improving skills for 40,000 kids through engaging activities, ...

A solution to part of the Cohen-Lenstra conjecture helps resolve a long-standing mystery about quadratic forms ...

AI is increasingly being used as collaborators in mathematical research rather than simply as computational tools.

Mathematicians have been trying to prove the Jacobian conjecture for nearly a century, but now the Claude Fable 5 AI has apparently found a counterexample that disproves it ...