Large language models (LLMs) can make tutoring more scalable, but only if students use them to reason through mistakes rather than avoid effort. We study this question in a randomized field experiment ...

Quantum entanglement is key to solving a 250-year-old mathematical puzzle – and the discovery could ultimately help build quantum computers that are more resilient to errors. In the 1700s, according ...

A team of three researchers has resolved one of the longest-standing open problems in post-quantum cryptography, publishing the first-ever construction of identity-based encryption (IBE) grounded ...

StarSpark AI tutor Sparky uses speech, handwriting recognition and grade-level pacing to teach students math reasoning rather than just delivering answers.

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Tennessee has many young, aspiring mathematicians − our math teachers deserve to be recognized for the work they do. But if Tennessee wants to stay competitive, it must give students earlier exposure ...

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped human mathematicians for the last 80 ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...

Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform. By Siobhan Roberts A few weeks ago, a high school student emailed Martin ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

Even if the most dire predictions about AI fail to materialize, there’s no doubt that its arrival raises big questions about the purpose of K–12 education. Most existentially: What skills do students ...