Have you ever tried searching Google for answers to your homework, and more specifically, math and science problems? Back in the day, this was a hard feat, as Google would only lead users to websites ...

Don't show this to your kids—Google Search and Lens can now solve advanced trigonometry, calculus, geometry, physics, and other science problems. Thanks to improved Search smarts, solving and ...

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DeepMind, the Google AI R&D lab, believes that the key to more capable AI systems might lie in uncovering new ways to solve challenging geometry problems. To that end, DeepMind today unveiled ...

Algebra I should be a gateway—not gatekeeper—to students’ future academic success, in college and beyond. So says the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is issuing a challenge to developers and ...

The Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Socrates challenging a student with the "doubling the square" problem in about 385 B.C.E. When asked to double the area of a square, the student doubled the ...

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, teachers have had to rethink pretty much everything they do with students—and that includes how they give math tests. With many students working remotely, ...

People born without sight appear to solve math problems using visual areas of the brain. "And as the equations get harder and harder, activity in these areas goes up in a blind person," says Marina ...

Mathematics is the foundation of countless sciences, allowing us to model things like planetary orbits, atomic motion, signal frequencies, protein folding, and more. Moreover, it’s a valuable testbed ...

Bilingual people rely on visuo-spatial pathways when solving math problems—something not seen in monolingual people. For anyone who’s breezed through literature class yet struggled with algebra, it ...