Here are two examples of math problems sixth graders may face using one of the new curricula. Can you solve them? We showed ...

A degree day measures how much energy is used to heat or cool a building by one degree in a given day. A day like Saturday, where the average temperature was about 46 degrees, would have 19 heating ...

University of Chicago Prof. Frank Calegari has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. The first members elected ...

Math, citizen science and the scientific method are all tools researchers use to investigate evidence of unidentified ...

The White House admitted last week that the tariffs were cooked up with bad and arbitrary math. As economists and financial writers attempted to understand the logic behind how Donald Trump’s ...

Although math can calculate how often to expect ... allowing it to hold more water vapor. For every 1 degree of Fahrenheit that the temperature warms, the atmosphere can hold nearly 4 percent ...

“I will say the traders who are passing this on to me ... are also saying it’s absurd and shows a kindergarten-level understanding of international trade.” The Office of the United States ...

See an example of the kind of research the school is working on in this film I have weekly meetings with my supervisor, not just discussing the research but also how I'm feeling mentally and what I am ...

Scientists use math to help people understand how unusual ... allowing it to hold more water vapor. For every 1 degree of Fahrenheit that the temperature warms, the atmosphere can hold nearly ...

Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100-year or even 500-year floods. Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme ...

Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash such unusual rain they are described as 100-year or even 500-year floods. Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme a ...

In an effort to understand how brain cells exchange ... Then, they heated the receptors to body temperature (37 degrees Celsius or 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) before exposing them to glutamate.