OpenAI's new reasoning model has disproved a famous 1946 conjecture by Paul Erdős, marking the first autonomous AI solution ...

OpenAI claims its reasoning model disproved a geometry conjecture unsolved since 1946 — and this time, the mathematicians who ...

The sudden resolution of a well-known conjecture highlights the growing adoption of AI as an assistant in high-level ...

One afternoon earlier this year, my 11-year-old son was sitting at his laptop and working quietly on his math homework. At ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden mathematical secret inside the leaves of the Chinese money plant: a naturally occurring ...

For Walnut Grove Elementary School fourth-grader Rohan Ramesh, solving tough problems is part of the fun. That passion ...

The Vermont State Mathematics Coalition has announced the top scorers in its 2025-2026 talent search.

Some leaders reduce our math crisis to two words: test scores. For decades, hopes of progress were dashed by flat to ...

Many students in elementary grades struggle to grasp the perennially vexing concept of fractions. If those struggles persist into middle school, it can undermine their ability to master more complex ...

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Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...