Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

A recent announcement that an artificial intelligence model succeeded in solving a decades-old mathematical problem that had eluded generations of accomplished mathematicians was widely portrayed as ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics makes the argument that teachers, principals, and district leaders must “stay up to date on current AI trends” to prepare students for the future. But ...

Independent power producer REC Solar and commercial solar developer and EPC Dynamic Energy completed an 881-kW rooftop array at Kingspan Insulation North America’s factory in Mendota, Illinois. This ...

The evidence has been well established that many undergraduate students have been getting better grades than they deserve in recent years. But less researched is the issue of grade inflation at the ...

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 ...

While grades keep going up, up, up in high schools and colleges, other measures of achievement are not. Teachers and faculty face pressure to keep students and families happy—and some research says ...

Production has begun on the second season of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, and is eyeing a return for later this year. According to What Next? (Next on Netflix), Season 2 will be returning to our screens ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

The American workforce expects an unmet need for over a million employees to fill STEM-related jobs by 2030. Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education.