Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration by Lisa Pringle This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader Eric, who asks, "I've heard that meteorologists ...

Students wear Minnie Mouse ears, tie-dye T-shirts and costumes. They put together puzzles in teams with names such as Math Pi-rates and Mischievous Mathematicians. There are theme days. One morning, ...

My students know all too well that if they need help in math, I’m the last teacher to ask. Math was extremely hard for me in school. Numbers moved around on the page, fractions were two numbers ...

A mathematician, a physicist, an economist, a computer scientist, and an engineer try to split a check. If that sounds like the setup to a joke, that’s because it is—a wonderfully nerdy joke from Ben ...

This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader Eric, who asks, "I've heard that meteorologists use math to predict the weather. How does that work?" Meteorologist Jonathan Belles: Yes, ...