All students of all year levels are invited to participate in the Numerical Acumen Challenge, which is now open for entry. The Challenge invites students to master their mental calculation [...]
The University of Maryland has a unique approach to tackling the issue of poaching in Africa – and their solution might not quite be what you’d expect. The team are effectively [...]
Imagine your morning commute without the traffic. Or rather, the traffic is still there, you just don’t have to stop for it. Sounds pretty good to us! This is the dream [...]
First it was an app-book, and now its an app-adventure. MAV have designed a new app for students and teachers (and indeed, all intrepid devotees of mathematics) which leads the user [...]
[one_sixteen][/one_sixteen] Mathematics is all around us – its in our currency, and our schedules. It can help predict weather patterns and Brownlow medalists. Mathematics powers [...]
The University of Sydney has announced that the Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize 2015 is now open to primary and secondary schools across Australia. The competition is open every year to [...]
A team of astrophysicists at the Australian National University are using mathematics and data analysis to scour the universe for planets that could potentially support human life. The team are [...]
Girl coders invade the white house, the first Italian woman soared into space, a family robot was born, and a teenager designed the first heat-powered flashlight. All these incredible feats, and [...]
Cracking the infamous Enigma Code of World War II was no easy feat, and the origins of the story have now captured the world’s attention. “The Imitation Game,” playing in [...]
If you thought Fibonacci and fashion didn’t go together, well, the team at Numberphile are here to prove you wrong. Using the first eleven numbers in the Fibonacci sequence, [...]
