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Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time. Today ...

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CMU alumnus Nick Thieme has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his work on a series of articles that used data analysis to tell the story of Baltimore's fentanyl crisis.

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The Catholic Church made history on Thursday, May 8, naming its first American pope — and he’s a math whiz from ...

A unique partnership between Los Alamos National Laboratory and northern New Mexico elementary schools is turning the subject of math into something fun. Through the ...

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Lawmakers who back the change say the new math requirements more realistically reflect what high school students need to know ...