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Are prices real? How ghosts of calculus and physics influenced what we pay for things today

With inflation in the UK and around the world threatening to spiral out of control, prices of everything from milk to oil, energy and Christmas presents are a concern for most of us. Most people understand prices as simply the result of supply and demand – an agreement between sellers…

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Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder: ‘There are quite a few areas where physics blurs into religion’

To answer life’s biggest questions, says the German theoretical physicist and YouTuber, we need to abandon unscientific ideas such as the multiverse

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Why some students are "bad" at math

With math scores on the decline, a professor explains that math isn't a natural skill, but a learned one

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Mathematician Hugo Duminil-Copin crowns great year for French science

Hugo Duminil-Copin became the latest mathematics professor from the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) to win the prestigious Fields Medal, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for mathematicians.

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Former math teacher explains why some students are 'good' at math and others lag behind

When Frances E. Anderson saw the latest math scores for America’s fourth- and eighth-graders, she was hardly surprised that they had dropped. Until recently – including the period of remote instruction during the pandemic – Anderson taught high school math to students at all levels.“ Now she is a researcher…

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‘A celebrity? Only if you like niche maths videos on the internet’: Hannah Fry on cancer, Covid and the science of love

The mathematician, writer, presenter and podcast host will be back on our screens fronting Secret Wonders of the Modern World. She explains why, after undergoing treatment for cancer, she has come to see the limits to logic

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UK professor thinks anxiety could be behind why students struggle in Math

State leaders are working on how to raise the commonwealth’s standardized test scores in the future. One area where Kentucky students struggled was mathematics.

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US math and reading scores crashed during Covid

Washington (AFP) - American students saw big declines in their reading and mathematics scores after years of disrupted learning due to the pandemic, with national test results described as "appalling and unacceptable" by the education secretary.

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Ed Sheeran reveals he's filming tell-all documentary which delves into his life

Superstar Ed Sheeran will be inviting cameras to follow him around and explore all aspects of his life, as he confirmed his Mathematics tour will last for another four years

Daily Mirror

Future managers must have sound knowledge of data science, mathematics and statistics, say experts

Madras Management Association holds All India Management Students’ Convention 2022 with the theme ‘AI Shaping Today and the Future’

The Hindu

Derek Goldrei obituary

Other lives: Mathematician who had teaching and leadership positions at the Open University and several Oxford University colleges

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CET 2022: Hight Court permits Karnataka, KEA to assign ranks afresh after ‘normalisation’ of II PU marks of repeaters

Litigant repeaters agree for ‘normalisation’ method suggested by a panel of experts. All CET repeaters will lose around 18 marks in physics, chemistry and mathematics subjects after ‘normalisation’ of their II PU marks

The Hindu

Exposed: The shocking pay gaps in science and technology

The gender pay gap is alive and well in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) causing women to leave the sector at higher Women continue to be underpaid and underrepresented in senior leadership roles in STEM, according to the latest edition of the federal government’s STEM Equity…

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More women are studying STEM, but there are still stubborn workplace barriers

Today, the Australian government released the STEM Equity Monitor 2022 – the nation’s annual scorecard on gendered participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers.

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Teaching ‘Vedic’ maths for SC/ST students temporarily stopped

Classes were to be conducted using funds set aside by Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department

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Columbia whistleblower on exposing college rankings: ‘They are worthless’

US News relegated Columbia to 18th from second place after it was revealed the college had misrepresented key statistics

The Hindu

Reserved funds to be used to teach ‘Vedic’ maths for SC/ST students

This move has been criticised by several Dalit activists who say this amounts to ‘diversion’ of funds

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Student who can't read or write passes exams with flying colours

He is now preparing to embark on an engineering mathematics degree at the University of Bristol

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Professor from Chennai to head mathematics panel

Sanoli Gun from city’s The Institute of Mathematical Sciences will be the first president of Asia-Oceania Women in Mathematics

Reason

Despite Polarization, Americans Agree: School Learning Losses Are a System Failure

Democrats and Republicans share dismay over how educators handled the pandemic and support alternatives.

The Hindu

RCU retired professor sets up charitable institute to train youths in Mathematics

Teacher creating awareness about the advanced trends in Mathematics

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Alarming evidence of pandemic backsliding underlines the need for effective instruction now

The gold-standard measure of educational trends has the word “progress” in its name. But the National Assessment of Educational Progress unveiled Thursday showed nothing but slippage over the last two years. Students saw the largest average decline in reading since 1990 and the first drop in mathematics ever measured in…

The Conversation

The simple reason a viral math equation stumped the internet

For about a decade now, mathematicians and mathematics educators have been weighing in on a particular debate rooted in school mathematics that shows no signs of abating.

Bristol Post

The Bristol nursery where pre-schoolers have 'deep level of understanding of mathematics'

Ofsted rated South Gloucestershire institution as "outstanding" across the board

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Shakespeare, mathematics and the monkey who called 911

Have you heard about the monkey who called 911?

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