Rather better for shuffling is the “riffle” – where you cut the deck roughly in half, then let the two piles drop almost card ...

A new proof extends the work of the late Maryam Mirzakhani, cementing her legacy as a pioneer of alien mathematical realms.

There's a new Guinness World Record holder for how fast someone can do math. Aaryan Shukla -- who has been dubbed "the human calculator" can solve complex problems in his head in seconds.

The Urban Institute’s demographic adjustments to the Nation’s Report Card reveal a new K–12 hierarchy stretching through the American South.

For Del Hayes, coach of the Urbana High School Academic Tournament team, Friday night offered a chance to go out on top. It was the last tournament for Hayes, who was stepping down from coaching after ...

Republicans from across the country descended on Washington, D.C., for CPAC. I went to ask them some questions about Trump, ...

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Q.: Can you describe one of the challenges in the Memory League World Championship? They give you 80 random numbers that they display on a screen. You have to memorize all of those numbers as fast ...

See an example of the kind of research the school is working on in this film I have weekly meetings with my supervisor, not just discussing the research but also how I'm feeling mentally and what I am ...