The Latest Breaking News from Mathematics

Mathematics anxiety is a feeling of tension and fear when dealing with numbers or performing calculations. It is a common form of academic anxiety: according to an OECD report, around 40% of students feel nervous, helpless or anxious in everyday situations involving mathematics, such as solving problems or doing maths…

Letters: We shouldn’t frame girls outperforming boys as a crisis, writes Virginia Mendez, while Nick Hillman says we can tackle both the labour market challenges faced by women and the educational ones faced by men. Plus a letter from Kartar Uppal

The process of gutting the department will require approval from Congress, which might be hard to secure.

STEM subjects have long been encouraged in the region. But the recent boom in maths contests is new.

Mathematics is probably one of those school subjects where either we or our classmates have felt like hostages at least once. Right? Jokes aside, numbers, logic, and units of measurement are very valuable and necessary. We probably could not go a day without mathematics. The post “Think You Know Measurements?”:…

School mathematics in South Africa is often seen as a sign of the health of the education system more generally. Under the racial laws of apartheid, until 1994, African people were severely restricted from learning maths. Tracking the changes in maths performance is a measure of how far the country…

A mathematician who specialises in quantifying uncertainty has won a €2 million funding award from the Italian government

The Grammy winner is currently on the India leg of his Mathematics Tour

Everyone should leave school with a solid understanding of maths. Decent mathematics literacy is a hugely important skill in many aspects of life. We need it when budgeting for a weekly shop, asking for a pay rise and completing a tax return.