Adding one irrelevant sentence to math problems causes AI systems to make confident mistakes over 300 percent more.

By Winifred KOTINFor many of us, mathematics was not a subject to love—it was a subject to pass so we could progress to the next academic stage. Through years of conversations with executives, ...

When students are not academically ready for a major or a college, they have lower rates of completing their desired degrees, ...

Scientists have long believed that foam behaves like glass, with bubbles locked into place. New simulations reveal that bubbles never truly settle and instead keep moving through many possible ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

Edtech company FIRSTHABIT successfully concluded the CHALK AI Math Challenge held during CES 2026, the world's largest consumer electronics and IT exhibition, in Las Vegas, the United States, and ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly ...

A new math puzzle designed to challenge readers of all ages is coming to the Daily Press. David Genter, a puzzle developer ...

British Gas is encouraging customers to follow an '11am rule' to minimise their risk of a common winter issue that can worsen the longer it remains unresolved. Temperatures across the UK are expected ...

For many students, mathematics feels less like a subject and more like a verdict, you’re either “good at it” or you’re not. There’s no escape from maths in school, and for some, every class brings a ...

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A University of California San Diego report warns that roughly one in eight incoming college students can’t meet middle school math standards. It found that the number of students needing to take ...