Researchers are building complex mathematical models to understand cancer's evolution and how to treat it. Two Duke researchers are focusing on the deadly mathematics behind the mutated genes and ...

Quantitative literacy, the ability to interpret numerical data in the context of everyday life, is increasingly important, says Bernard L. Madison, a professor of mathematics at the University of ...

Stellar athletes, successful entrepreneurs, and motivational speakers like to say that pressure makes diamonds. The higher the stakes and the harder the circumstances, the thinking goes, the more ...