A new series for the Health and Science section aims to make complex topics easy to dissect, and maybe even help people ‘fall ...

In 1979, Hounsfield won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in the development of computer-assisted tomography. He shared it with Allan Cormack, a physicist who had worked out the ...

A primary school maths question aimed at 10-year-olds has left adults scratching their heads. The difficult challenge was shared on a popular Reddit thread after one sibling was left stumped by his ...

US students rank poorly in global math scores—outdated instruction is to blame. To prepare students for increasing complex ...

Teachers can get kids comfortable with math concepts by using numeracy-focused vocabulary in everyday classroom activities.