BOSTON – Our ability to do math may lie in our genes. Looking at more than a thousand students in Chinese elementary schools, researchers identified genetic variants that were strongly linked to ...

Scientists have discovered that a key function from a "pure" branch of mathematics can predict how often genetic mutations lead to changes in function. These rules, laid out by the so-called ...

Math anxiety can lead to poor performance and also deter people from taking math courses. This is because feelings of anxiety ...

Learn about a new mathematical model that suggests Neanderthals never went extinct and, instead, became modern humans.