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a circle and pi = 3.14 written on a chalkboard

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Math teacher argues Pi Day should be July 22 Math teacher argues Pi Day should be July 22

$kids playing with numbers$

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Why schools are teaching math word problems all wrong Why schools are teaching math word problems all wrong

By Sarah Carr / The Hechinger Report

Not a math person? Duolingo wants to help.

Technology

Not a math person? Duolingo wants to help. Not a math person? Duolingo wants to help.

By Charlotte Hu

NIST computer room with small glass vacuum chamber

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It’s pretty hard to measure nothing, but these engineers are getting close It’s pretty hard to measure nothing, but these engineers are getting close

Swimmer in a black speedo soaring off a green diving board

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Have we been measuring gravity wrong this whole time? Have we been measuring gravity wrong this whole time?

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Ukraine's Maryna Viazovska holding her Fields Medal.

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These 4 problem-solvers just won one of math’s biggest prizes These 4 problem-solvers just won one of math’s biggest prizes

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Sierra Negra volcano erupting in the Galapagos Islands in 2018

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Volcanic eruptions are unpredictable, but these geologists cracked the code Volcanic eruptions are unpredictable, but these geologists cracked the code

Gear

Gladys West’s mathematical prowess helped make GPS possible Gladys West’s mathematical prowess helped make GPS possible

By Tatyana Woodall

Starburst galaxy in pastel colors in Hubble composite image

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The most distant galaxy we’ve ever discovered might have closely followed the Big Bang The most distant galaxy we’ve ever discovered might have closely followed the Big Bang

$Man in blue shirt writing math onto a black chalk board.$

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Your brain uses different neurons to add and subtract Your brain uses different neurons to add and subtract

By Maggie Galloway

Light beer in a pint and 12-ounce glass on a table outside

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Why beer serving sizes are so weird Why beer serving sizes are so weird

By Mike Rampton/Mel Magazine

Dinosaur bones in museum.

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The T. rex ‘dynasty’ reigned for more than 125,000 generations The T. rex ‘dynasty’ reigned for more than 125,000 generations

baseball pitcher

Technology

It’s time to explain some game theory It’s time to explain some game theory

An old man at a podium reading from a book

Science

Theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson dies at 96 Theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson dies at 96

By Sara Kiley Watson

The weirdest things we learned this week: doctors drinking pee and telephones made of cats

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The weirdest things we learned this week: doctors drinking pee and telephones made of cats The weirdest things we learned this week: doctors drinking pee and telephones made of cats

By Popular Science Team

Karen Uhlenbeck won the ‘Nobel of math’—but women are still under-represented in the field

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Karen Uhlenbeck won the ‘Nobel of math’—but women are still under-represented in the field Karen Uhlenbeck won the ‘Nobel of math’—but women are still under-represented in the field

By Claire Maldarelli

Science

Tired of pie? Here are 3.14 other math holidays worth celebrating. Tired of pie? Here are 3.14 other math holidays worth celebrating.

a close-up of a combination lock, with the numbers 90 and 0 visible

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Zero is just 1,500 years old. Before it, there was nothing. Zero is just 1,500 years old. Before it, there was nothing.

By Eleanor Cummins

Library books collective memory

Health

How long can an event hold humanity’s attention? There’s an equation for that. How long can an event hold humanity’s attention? There’s an equation for that.

By Eleanor Cummins

Navigating our obsession with one-sided objects

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Navigating our obsession with one-sided objects Navigating our obsession with one-sided objects

By David Gunderman and Richard Gunderman/The Conversation