Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.08.2012
STEM fairs are still science fairs, my friends, and the latest techno-gadget or app is just something else to sell.
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Jon Cartwright
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Posted 05.06.2012
Scientists face many obstacles on the path to greater knowledge. But new research suggests how to avoid one of the more common pitfalls: spilled coffe...
Posted 05.01.2012
By Janet Perna former General Manager, IBM Information Management When I was a young math teacher fresh out of college in my hometown of Middletow...
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John Fensterwald
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Posted 04.27.2012
This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. For nearly two years, Califo...
The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.18.2012
In a challenging job market, college graduates face an uncertain future. That's not to say they have no control over the situation. Majoring in ma...
Reuters | Posted 04.12.2012
By Stephanie Simon April 11 (Reuters) - Pity poor math. In the American drive to boost science and math education, it's...
Tim Chartier | Posted 04.09.2012
Consider the Men in Black 3 poster. The image looks like Will Smith's character in the movie, but close up, you see the image repeatedly advertises the movie. Such art can be created with math.
Tim Chartier | Posted 04.05.2012
Grab a mass of data, like the 2011 baseball season's results. How can you glean useful information from all the numbers? This question sits squarely in the field of data mining, which is the science of extracting useful information from large sets of data.
Reuters | Kate Kelland | Posted 05.29.2012
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Usain Bolt, already the world's fastest man, could lop another 0.18 seconds off his 100 meter sprint...
Mickey Goodman | Posted 05.27.2012
Wanted: Young women for careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
Tim Chartier | Posted 05.27.2012
Mathematics allows us to study abstract ideas in ways that might initially defy intuition. Does more than one size of infinity do that for you?
HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.13.2012
Today is March 14, also known as 3.14, also known as Pi Day. Geeks around the world will unite today to celebrate one of the most unique and beautiful constants in all of mathematics.
David Holt | Posted 04.28.2012
Educators and parents have long recognized the need to focus more on math and science. Now, it is time for policymakers, businesses and communities to stand up and play a more active role in training our next generation of energy professionals.
Mary Ann Rankin | Posted 04.13.2012
The U.S. has fallen from first to fourth worldwide in the percentage of adults holding a college degree, at a time when analysts predict that sixty percent of the jobs in this country will require a higher degree by 2018.
Lynne Bundesen | Posted 04.09.2012
I could be swimming, or doing my grocery shopping or lunching with friends. But no, I am facing a blackboard of propositions designed in 300 BC.
HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.06.2012
Women make up just about half of the American workforce, but we hold less than a quarter of the STEM jobs. Why is that?
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Posted 02.06.2012
The spirited students at Westerville South High School in Westerville, Ohio are at it again. After releasing their quadratic equations "Do The Quad So...
Alan Grayson | Posted 04.04.2012
Why should we be surprised that the poor can't count? In Mitt Romney's America, they don't count.
Posted 01.30.2012
Spongebob may live under the sea, but according to one math expert, despite the claims of his theme song, he's not making his home in an authentic pin...
Posted 01.30.2012
David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily Staff Writer First Published 01/30/2012 01:26 PM EST While job opportunities in science, technolog...
Tanya M. Washington | Posted 03.28.2012
Parents must become more engaged in influencing and monitoring the substance of their children's education. All of us should be aware that what teachers teach, and how they teach it, is informed by their own perspectives, even in a math problem.
Mary Ann Rankin | Posted 03.18.2012
An increased emphasis on good teachers who can provide high quality math and science education should be a top priority for America's educational community and our political leaders.
Sam Sommers | Posted 03.06.2012
Behavioral science has now shown us that many of the gender differences we habitually chalk up to biology or evolution aren't as set in stone as we assume.
The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 01.05.2012
There's an old joke among mathematicians that topologists (who study deformations of space) can't tell a coffee cup from a donut. This is because, as ...
www.newscientist.com | Posted 05.10.2012