Math : Science World Report

Mar 27, 2014 08:59 PM EDT

NJIT Professor Predicts Major League Baseball Wins with Math Equation

New Jersey Institute of Technology associate professor Bruce Bukiet has unveiled his annual Major League Baseball projections for the 2014 season that starts this Sunday.

Mar 21, 2014 02:08 PM EDT

Preterm Births Increase Risk of Cognitive Impairments, Especially Math Abilities

Preterm birth, or the birth of an infant prior to 37 weeks of pregnancy, affects 500,000 babies each year and contributed to 35% of infant deaths in 2009. Now, a new study has shown that preterm births affect a child’s cognitive abilities.

Feb 02, 2014 03:20 PM EST

MIT Cosmologist: 'The Universe is Math'

For thousands of years scientists have used mathematics to describe the physical properties of the universe. But if all of these properties are part of a mathematical structure, wouldn’t the universe be purely mathematical?

Jan 29, 2014 02:19 PM EST

Intuitive Number Games Improve Children's Math Skills

A study conducted at the University of Illinois leans toward the belief that getting children to think intuitively about numbers – through instinctive numerical exercises – bolsters their ability to solve math problems.

Dec 24, 2013 08:36 AM EST

What Sharks, Honeybees and Humans Have in Common: They Travel the Same Way

What do sharks, honeybees and humans all have in common? It turns out that they all travel the same way. Scientists have created a mathematical pattern called a Levy walk, which can describe the foraging pattern of many different species of animals.

Dec 23, 2013 09:20 AM EST

Young Children Understand Large Numbers Far Earlier Than Expected

It turns out that children understand numbers at a far younger age than researchers once believed. Scientists have found that kids as young as three understand multi-digit numbers and may actually be ready for more direct math instruction when they enter school.

Dec 14, 2013 11:03 AM EST

Mathematical Formula Describes Human Struggles: From Crying Babies to Wars

It turns out that a broad range of struggles that humans face on a daily basis could be explained by math. Scientists have created a mathematical expression called a "power-law" that actually mathematically describes the severity and timing of human confrontations that affect us personally and as a ...