A 17-year-old student recently amazed millions of people worldwide by ranking 12th in the preliminary round of a global math ...

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing.

Luana Lopes Lara, co-founder of prediction markets startup Kalshi, tells CNBC about the biggest bets she ever made on the way ...

Fran Kolenik, the owner of Drive-By Pies in Brookline, says Pi Day — aka March 14 — is the second-busiest day of the year for her bake shop.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working with 14 school districts across the U.S. that have existing calculus programs but need additional educational support. It's also developing a set ...

The MIT4America Calculus Project pairs trained college students with high schoolers across 14 districts, from Montana to Texas.

Taback, the Isaac Henry Wing Professor of Mathematics, was announcing the visit of John Urschel to campus. Formerly an offensive lineman with the Baltimore Ravens, Urschel played three seasons in the ...

The legend on MIT’s campus goes that students once had to leap into the Charles River and swim across its dirty water without stopping to graduate. That was never true. But the institution does ...

In addition to ascertaining that the internal vitality of the mathematical sciences is excellent, as illustrated in Chapter 2, the current study found a striking expansion in the impact of the ...

Abigail Dejenie, Alessia Sofianos, and Xiang Feng participated in the MIT Mathematics and Science Seminar. Photo: Supplied St Andrew’s School for Girls congratulated three learners who attended the ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...