Federal survey data suggests that the amount of math homework assigned to fourth and eighth grade students, in particular, has been steadily declining for the past decade. Credit: Stanislaw ...

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President Donald Trump’s claims about prescription drug prices make no mathematical sense. But his team – including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week – keeps straining to defend them.

The "prisoner's dilemma" is one of the most famous ideas in game theory. For decades, this game has been used to explain why selfishness often beats cooperation. In the prisoner's dilemma, two players ...

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: No more homework. Since then, none of the 2,500 students in this district — ...

Free Press sports writer Shawn Windsor grades the Detroit Lions' first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, Clemson OL Blake Miller. Forget the “safe” label affixed to Clemson right tackle Blake Miller ...

The Tennessee Titans selected Ohio State wide receiver Carnell Tate with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft on April 23. Tate was featured heavily in Ohio State's offense over the last two ...

The University at Buffalo requires a Math Readiness Assessment (MRA) to determine readiness for students wishing to enroll in first semester calculus courses, MTH 121, MTH 131, and MTH 141. The UB MRA ...

Readers respond to Alan Milburn’s finding that exam-focused schools are failing to prepare pupils for the real world Alan Milburn is right to warn that an “exam-obsessed” school system is failing to ...

Ultrafinitism, a philosophy that rejects the infinite, has long been dismissed as mathematical heresy. But it is also producing new insights in math and beyond. His two theorems destroyed the search ...

The Tennessee Titans traded back into the first round to pick Auburn edge rusher Keldric Faulk with the No. 31 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft on April 23. Faulk should be an immediate rotational ...

Mathematics provides tools for explanation and analysis in the physical, engineering, business and social sciences. These tools can help in areas as diverse as planning and evaluating market research, ...