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NASA's Kepler Wraps Prime Mission, Begins Extension
November 15, 2012 — NASA is marking two milestones in the search for planets like Earth; the successful completion of the Kepler Space Telescope's three-and-a-half-year prime mission and the beginning of an extended ... > full story -
Not What You Consciously Thought: How We Can Do Math Problems and Read Phrases Nonconsciously
November 14, 2012 — Can we actually read words and phrases and solve multi-step mathematical problems without our having consciously been aware of them? A team of psychologists has conducted a series of experiments that ... > full story -
The Aftermath of Calculator Use in College Classrooms
November 12, 2012 — Math instructors promoting calculator usage in college classrooms may want to rethink their teaching strategies, experts say. They have proposed the need for further research regarding calculators' ... > full story -
Climate Change Threatens Giant Pandas' Bamboo Buffet -- And Survival
November 11, 2012 — China's endangered wild pandas may need new dinner reservations – and quickly – based on models that indicate climate change may kill off swaths of bamboo that pandas need to ... > full story -
Preschoolers' Counting Abilities Relate to Future Math Performance, Researcher Says
November 8, 2012 — New research suggests reciting numbers is not enough to prepare children for math success in elementary school. The research indicates that counting, which requires assigning numerical values to ... > full story -
Going With Your Gut Feeling: Intuition Alone Can Guide Right Choice, Study Suggests
November 8, 2012 — Decision-making is one of the most mysterious parts of the human experience, and we're taught to weigh our options carefully before deciding. Now a researcher says that, surprisingly, intuition alone ... > full story -
Supercomputing for a Superproblem: A Computational Journey Into Pure Mathematics
November 6, 2012 — In 1900, twenty-three unsolved mathematical problems, known as Hilbert's Problems, were compiled as a definitive list by mathematician David Hilbert. A century later, the seven most important ... > full story -
Common Math Standards Supported With New Study
November 5, 2012 — A new study analyzing the previous math standards of each U.S. state provides strong support for adoption of common standards, which US students desperately need to keep pace with their counterparts ... > full story -
World Record for Entanglement of Twisted Light Quanta
November 2, 2012 — Physicists have achieved a new milestone in the history of quantum physics: Scientists were able to generate and measure the entanglement of the largest quantum numbers to ... > full story -
When People Worry About Math, the Brain Feels the Pain
October 31, 2012 — Mathematics anxiety can prompt a response in the brain similar to when a person experiences physical pain. Using brain scans, scholars determined that the brain areas active when highly math-anxious ... > full story
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