All equals are not created equal—mathematicians sometimes play fast and loose. In programming, equal signs mean different things, and variables have different types. Turning intuitive math expertise ...

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Even very accurate tests in the lab can result in a vast majority of false positives in the field. This “false positive paradox” from testing people without symptoms led to a “false positive ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (StudyFinds.org) – Math ...

Research in mathematics is a deeply imaginative and intuitive process. This might come as a surprise for those who are still recovering from high-school algebra. What does the world look like at the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason that many people are driven away: He didn’t understand how it worked. Unlike ...

A recent headline in the New York Post proclaimed “Regents math test is easier to pass-thanks to low standards.”1 The Regents Common Core exam is given to eighth graders to examine whether they are on ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (StudyFinds.org) – Math generally comes easier to some students than others, but could each one of us have instinctual division skills before ever opening a textbook? New research ...