Nothing sinks a golfer’s spirits like their ball zinging back out of the hole. Now, physics and mathematics explain how it happens. The anguish of a “lip out” occurs when a golfer putts a ball, and ...

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Information Geometry (IG) is an active interdisciplinary field, employing that employs the tools of differential geometry to explore the structure of classical and quantum statistical models of ...

Illustration of a set of real zeros of a graph polynomial (middle) and two Feynman diagrams. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences How can the behavior of elementary particles ...

What if a machine could think as deeply as a human mathematician, solving problems so intricate they stump even the brightest minds? Enter Gemini Deep Think, an advanced AI model that has not only ...

When tech founders start weighing in on school subjects, students tend to pay attention. In a recent X exchange that sparked curiosity and classroom debates, Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, shared a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Merisotis writes about education, human work, and philanthropy. Higher education remains both a personal lifeline and a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When she was 10 years old, Rose Yu got a birthday present that would change her life—and, potentially, the way we study physics. Her ...

In math, Algebra 1 is a make-or-break course. The class is the gateway to high school math, and struggling to complete it can close off those higher-level pathways—and even jeopardize students’ ...

MIDDLETOWN — Beman Middle School students, working with South Fire District firefighters, are learning the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics behind firefighting. This year’s last ...

Polynomial equations are a cornerstone of modern science, providing a mathematical basis for celestial mechanics, computer graphics, market growth predictions and much more. But although most high ...

Summary: A new review shows that children learn arithmetic most effectively through a structured approach that integrates conceptual understanding with brief timed practice and reflection. Rather than ...