A new Web site takes a stab at spelling out the essential grade-by-grade math standards that students need from kindergarten through high school. Not only that, the site provides model course ...

State judges bedeviled by weirdly shaped and obviously partisan congressional district maps can now get expert help from an unusual source: math nerds. Using sophisticated techniques drawn from ...

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) has released the Math Skills Map, latest in its series of 21st century skills maps for core academic subjects. It was developed in collaboration with the ...

"I was a landscape architect who turned to a life of crime," jokes Robert Cheetham, founder of Azavea, a software development and research firm based in Philadelphia. Fourteen years ago, he was one of ...

Ever wondered how we stumble upon new discoveries? Scientists have long studied how we explore the world, looking for novelties, those exciting first-time encounters with something new. Traditionally, ...