Archaeologists working in northern Mesopotamia say they have uncovered visual patterns that look a lot like structured ...

The Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia arranged floral depictions on pottery with symmetry and numerical sequences, ...

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Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...

Plans to address mathematically challenged Minnesota students could be offered early in 2009. A six-member, bipartisan task force is expected to meet later this month to look at ways to improve the ...

Daniel Tammet can recite math constant Pi from memory to 22,514 decimal places. May 28, 2010— -- On the outside, 31-year-old Daniel Tammet is an unremarkable young man. But behind Tammet's ...

When I tell someone I am a mathematician, one of the most curious common reactions is: “I really liked math class because everything was either right or wrong. There is no ambiguity or doubt.” I ...

Nearly twenty years after I graduated high school and my last calculus class, I still get that nightmare where I’m at the exam for a calculus course I somehow forgot to attend, or that I faked my way ...

Explore the roots of math anxiety in students and discover strategies to foster confidence and understanding in mathematics.