Hidden Fibonacci numbers, a new shape and the search for a grand unified theory of mathematics are among our choices for most ...

In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day. By Jordan Ellenberg Jordan Ellenberg, a professor of mathematics at the ...

A proposal pushed forward by a Florida Republican would completely eliminate property taxes in the state as soon as 2027, a measure that Governor Ron DeSantis has repeatedly said would have his ...

The Florida Legislature is considering eight bills aimed at reducing or eliminating property taxes. Critics argue that cutting property taxes would lead to a loss of essential community services and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A proposal to cap automatic increases in school property taxes would save the average Ohio homeowner about $128 next year, according to new state estimates. The plan, House Bill 186, ...

Baltimore — Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying ...

With real estate prices climbing and household budgets under strain, a once-fringe push to eliminate property taxes is drawing new energy — and the backing of high-profile conservative figures.

The study, published July 11 in the journal Nature, included data on the math skills of more than 2.5 million first-grade children in France. It revealed that, while girls and boys started school with ...

It’s an old joke that there are three kinds of people in the world: those who are good at math and those who aren’t. Tanya Evans, an associate professor in the School of Education and Human ...

Property taxes are intensely local, but the concern about their sharp upward trajectory in recent years has gone national — and new data shows why. More than 72% of metropolitan areas with at least ...