The Palo Alto Board of Education has unanimously approved a multivariable calculus course. Weekly file photo by Veronica Weber. The Palo Alto Board of Education unanimously approved two new advanced ...

After years of debate, Palo Alto’s school board approved two new advanced math courses: multivariable calculus/linear algebra honors and introduction to proofs honors. As Palo Alto advances its grand ...

Beneath the ocean surface mixed layer (ML), shear-generated turbulence is a critical mechanism driving mixing and vertical transport in stably stratified environmental flows (Geyer et al., 2010; Smyth ...

For decades, high-achieving high school students have been told the surest way to impress selective colleges is to take calculus. In a recent national survey of 133 admissions officers, 74% said the ...

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Humans started counting tens of thousands of years ago, but when did they begin figuring out advanced arithmetic, algebra and even calculus? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

For some high school students, statistics and other data science courses have unseated calculus as the de facto option for pursuing advanced math, in part due to targeted state efforts to expand ...

In a continuing parade of students defending programming at the high school. a group of math students appeared before the Scarsdale Board of Education on Monday March 10, 2025 to ask the Board to ...

To reduce the loss of human lives and damage to property caused by typhoon disasters, it is crucial to continuously improve numerical models and enhance their capacity to forecast typhoon tracks and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the 17th century, it stood on a shaky ...

The link between good oral health and general health isn't a far-fetched notion. There's many pieces about how your teeth can tell you a lot about the rest of your body. For example, poor oral hygiene ...