What do a 20th-century physicist, an 18th-century statistician and an ancient Greek philosopher have in common? They all knew how to extrapolate with incredible accuracy. Columnist Jacob Aron explains ...

Kids with math learning disabilities process number symbols differently than quantities shown as dots — and it shows up in ...

The YouTube algorithm is pushing bizarre, often nonsensical A.I.-generated videos targeting children. Our video journalist Arijeta Lajka explains why experts say that these videos could affect their ...

Germany has joined the growing list of EU nations that are considering banning children from social media. Australia has banned youths from social media since December — and its example has lessons ...

ABSTRACT: Darcy’s law is the fundamental equation describing the flow of a fluid through a porous medium. Combined with the principle of mass conservation, it leads to the diffusion Equation (e.g., ...

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. Math often feels disconnected from the real lives of students. They learn the steps, solve equations and ...

Annalee Schott used to live in rural Colorado where the farm, the barn, and the horses were her happy place. But online she was drawn into a dark world. The 18-year-old’s TikTok algorithm allegedly ...

Fourth- and fifth-graders weren't just doing math at the Frost Bank Center on Tuesday afternoon; they sprinted across the Spurs' Fiesta-themed court, and they drained shots alongside rookie Carter ...

What started off more than five years ago as one-off bans in individual classrooms grew into statewide efforts to curb student cellphone use during school. Now, the idea of limiting children’s tech ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

ROCHESTER — A newly published Mayo Clinic study tested how an artificial intelligence-driven phone application, paired with a smartwatch, could alert parents to their child's impending tantrum. "This ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...