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Since antiquity, thinkers have attributed mathematics, and particularly geometry, to a uniquely human faculty. Yet, a recent ...

Tiling patterns can be found thoughout the natural world - from honeycomb to fish scales. But now researchers have come up with a new way to create patterns in petri dishes - using bacteria. By ...

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The pARameter project, funded by the EU's Erasmus+ programme, will be launched in September. The aim of the nine project partners from five countries is to support teaching and learning in mathematics ...

At Battle High School in Columbia, Mo., students in geometry class have swapped their compasses and protractors for hammers and hard hats. And they’re doing it for a good cause. The school is one of a ...

KENOSHA - Few people look at a ball of yarn and a pair of knitting needles and think, well, here's a math problem waiting to be solved. Sara Jensen does. Before she was a mathematician, before she ...