To truly explore alien languages, linguists must open themselves to the maximum conceivable degree of cosmic otherness ...

A Venn diagram is an illustration that uses overlapping circles to show commonalities and differences between things or groups of things.

Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for May 2, 2025 - A complacent parabola gets trapped in a linear squeeze play with no exit. The post Math Puzzle for May 2, 2025 appeared first on Alameda Post.

Math teachers are less likely to use AI tools, but some are getting ahead of the curve.

Mathematicians have proven that Henry Dudeney’s 1907 four-piece dissection of an equilateral triangle into a square is optimal. Using matching diagrams, researchers from JAIST and MIT showed that no ...

An AI system developed by Google DeepMind, Google's premiere AI research lab, has surpassed the average gold medalist in solving geometry problems in an international mathematics competition.

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But at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics this week, math educators said the subject has its own language, too—and knowing how to speak it is critical to success.

Who says math can't be fun?! These math puzzles (answers included!) are a delightful challenge to exercise your mind.

A version of this article appears in print on April 13, 2024, Section A, Page 21 of the New York edition with the headline: The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up.