Math anxiety grows from stress, culture, and experience, not ability. By changing how we teach, test, and talk about math, we ...

An elementary math problem has divided the internet after an easy-looking equation turned out to be anything but simple. Many X users were stumped by the problem 16 ÷ 4 X 4 - 4, posted by ...

Sitting right after eating causes sugar spikes, sluggish digestion, increased belly fat, and decreased metabolism. However, walking goes a long way to help. Taking care of the gut is vital for the ...

A seemingly easy-looking math sum has left people scratching their heads as it proves to be more challenging than anticipated. The brain teaser, was shared this week on X by user @BholanathDutta and ...

The math is bad. Rising wages, taxes, insurance premiums, and other costs are outrunning revenue growth at many hotels. U.S. hotels are spending more to operate while taking in less revenue, a squeeze ...

It was probably inevitable that Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones would collapse behind the Republican incumbent in the polling after Jones confirmed that he fantasized about murdering ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

These deceptively simple math problems stump even the smartest people—and it's not because they're too hard. It’s because smart minds tend to overthink. Think you can beat the trap? Queensland rejects ...

See the world through the lens of science. Sign up for our free, daily newsletter Today in Science. As a child of the 1990s, I couldn’t avoid the game-turned-best-seller Tetris. Launched in 1984 by ...

Many animals have a sense of quantity, but they don't count or do math the way humans do. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...