New research reveals a "hidden circuit" in the cerebellum that helps the brain learn from mistakes. Surprisingly, big fails and errors that are "doozies" facilitate mastery.

This year’s Abel prize, an annual mathematics lifetime-achievement award, bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and modeled on the Nobel Prize, has been given to Gerd Faltings, a ...

Next year, sixth- and seventh-graders in HISD will enroll in advanced math classes, preparing more students to take Algebra 1 in eighth grade.

Houston ISD will place all sixth and seventh graders on an accelerated math pathway starting this fall, aiming for every ...

San Francisco school officials have released a long-awaited plan that allows proficient eighth-graders to skip ahead to ...

Employers say technical skills alone aren’t enough. Learn why communication, teamwork, and adaptability skills matter, and how students can build them early.

Peter Badge. Mathematics often feels like a collection of isolated islands. Each one operates with its own rules, and building bridges between them is notoriously difficult. Today, the Norwegian ...

An individual has been described by a neighbor as follows: “Steve is very shy and withdrawn, invariably helpful but with little interest in people or in the world of reality. A meek and tidy soul, he ...

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

Forget the yorker. There’s a cruel patch of grass 7 meters away that is turning elite hitters into nervous wrecks. From ...