NPR's Scott Simon talks to John Hogan, professor of applied mathematics at the University of Bristol, about his research on the "Golfer's Curse" - when a ball looks like it's been sunk, but spins back ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

The world of conservative punditry, normally an unflappable and predictable arena with disagreements leaning toward petty, ...

Asking students to explain how they arrived at an answer is a powerful strategy for making a concept more memorable.

Next week's pre-winter arctic plunge might be a sign of things to come for the Eastern U.S., as several key weather patterns will converge to bring early bone-chilling cold and potentially more ...

Building better readers should involve more than teaching the core components of early literacy—these five strategies are grounded in science and tested by expert educators.

Teacher education often receives criticism for being too theoretical. Many students lack more training in how to teach in practice when they enter schools. They now receive this at the University of ...

While Asus doesn't detail exactly how it manages this trick, it probably built an accelerometer into the card itself, so that it knows when its orientation is off.

The 74 reports on Goblins, an AI math tutoring app that creates teacher avatars to assist students with real-time questions.

A treasure hunter’s paradise that draws bargain seekers from across the Palmetto State. The Rock Hill Goodwill rises from its spacious parking lot like a retail promised land, its brick facade and ...

Physicists show knotted cosmic strings may have dominated the early universe before collapsing to create matter—a theory ...

This same principle applies to education: If students never meet resistance from mistakes, they fail to develop the ...