Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

Hyesang Chang and colleagues, from Stanford University, explored why some children struggle to learn math compared to their peers in a new JNeurosci paper. Children selected which numbers were bigger ...

The evidence that humans are causing climate change, with drastic consequences for life on the planet, is overwhelming. Experts began raising the alarm about global warming in 1979, a change now ...

Ready to practise recognising numbers and counting? Here’s a great early years education game to play with children if they are in their first year of primary school or want to have a taste of what ...

Activity: What is chronological order? Complete this activity to see how much you know about this topic already. Then complete the rest of the guide and see if you can beat your score. Chronological ...