How many of us complained in high school algebra class, “I’m never going to use this stuff”? Well, whether you realize it or not, you’re using it on a regular basis. If you’ve ever calculated a tip, ...

A GROUP of students from Pendle Community High School have been using their brains this week as part of the Maths is Everywhere project. The European Erasmus project encourages youngsters to ...

Robyn Williams: I once met a man in California who studies fish in shoals. He uses maths to do this. It turns out that this maths is perfect to track the movement of money in banks. So, Deutsche Bank ...

HERE is a formula that anyone can understand: Bolton College equals success. The college has won £60,000 to develop a smartphone app that helps people solve everyday maths problems while also ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Most people never become mathematicians, but ...