The world's earliest computer was a silk loom built in China over two millennia ago, according to a claim made by China's ...

Federal data shows post-pandemic student math scores are still down. Maine education officials are responding with a new effort to show students that math has real-world relevance.

The Shasta Family YMCA is set to launch the Shasta STRIDE program in January 2026, aimed at empowering adults aged 19 and older with intellectual and developmen ...

A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.

Educators and administrators in recent years have been eager to reimagine math instruction. Troubled by high failure rates in ...

By Olakunle Olafioye Nigerian-born cloud engineer, Abel Yakubu of NexEdge Technologies, based in Germany, has been officially confirmed by Guinness World Records as the holder of the Longest Computer ...

Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

Educators and administrators in recent years have been eager to reimagine math instruction. Troubled by high failure rates in ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

From computer science to philosophy, these college majors can help you build a career in Al. Experts say that math and coding still matter most, but the field is changing rapidly.

With the current mania for generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), there is much anguish about AI replacing jobs. Many university lecturers despair that the pinnacle of education, the ability of a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...