A newly deciphered Babylonian tablet reveals the path of Jupiter. (Trustees of the British Museum/Mathieu Ossendrijver) BERLIN — For a text that may rewrite the history of mathematics, it looks rather ...

Thankfully, very few of us have to bother with trigonometry on a daily basis, but regardless of how much you may have dreaded studying it (or any math, for that matter) in school, it’s still ...

Australian scientists have managed to crack the code of a mysterious 3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet, revealing a level of mathematical sophistication that pre-dates the ancient Greeks by a ...

A tablet that dates back some 3700 years has been found to be the oldest example of applied geometry in the history of mathematics. Australian mathematician Dr. Daniel Mansfield from UNSW Science's ...

(WTNH) — They love to tap it, swipe it, and watch it, but can kids as young as 4 and 5-years-old use tablets not just to view videos, or read books, but to learn math? One researcher says ‘yes’.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Microsoft Math 3.0 for a couple of months now, so I was very happy to see this press release come through today announcing the official availability of Math 3.0.

Without looking down, Kira runs her index finger across the screen of an Android tablet that she is holding in her lap. For the occasion, she has painted her fingernails bright pink. When her finger ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ALEKS Corporation, a leading provider of mastery-based learning and assessment solutions, is proud to announce the release of the first phase of its iPad and ...

For the visually impaired, certain subjects are particularly challenging. While English and biology can often be learned by listening to e-books or lectures, math and physics rely heavily on visual ...

For a text that may rewrite the history of mathematics, it looks rather sloppy. The brown clay tablet, which could fit in the palm of your hand, is scrawled with hasty, highly abbreviated cuneiform ...