Oftentimes definitions can limit you, imposing unnecessary constraints, enclosing things within the four corners of a narrow, ...

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day.

Nominal means unadjusted for inflation or simply a face value in finance. Nominal fees are minor compared to the main product or service cost. Market values of stocks and bonds can differ ...

Every math classroom has a range of learners. Some students can compute accurately and efficiently. Others reason through complex problems and generate multiple solutions. Some persevere through tasks ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...

The phrase “crashing out” is everywhere right now. At least, it’s all over the internet and “Love Island USA.” If your first thought when you hear someone use the term is to assume that they are ...

The UK’s highest court has unanimously ruled that the terms woman and sex in the Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex”. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at what the ruling ...

The UK's highest court has delivered a landmark judgement, stating that the terms "woman" and "sex" in the Equality Act refer specifically to biological definitions. Here's what the ruling means and ...

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The question over whether transgender women can participate in women's sport has been a high-profile issue in recent years. So the UK Supreme Court's ruling that the legal definition of a woman is ...

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