Honey bees know nothing. Literally. Honey bees have previously demonstrated to scientists they understand the concept of zero by selecting dotted paper based on a reward of sweetened water. Eventually ...

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Zero is definitively an even number, mathematicians confirm. The formal definition states an even number is any whole number divisible by two with no remainder, a rule zero perfectly satisfies (0 = 2 ...

Consider this math problem: PBS leaves the train station headed west under a full head of steam to find a new series to teach math to youngsters. Tim McKeon and Adam Peltzman leave a train station at ...

PBS Kids' Odd Squad show attracts 70 million streams in January for it's weird and wonderful combination of oddness, kids in charge, gadgets and math. My kids usually have educational radar. Not that ...

Humans are so smart that we can easily learn the difference between even numbers and odd numbers. And until a new study emerged, humans believed we were the only species capable of this feat, known as ...

Weird Math sets out to “reveal the strange connections between math and everyday life.” The book fulfills that laudable goal, in part. At times, teenage math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his tutor, ...

The article features an optical illusion challenge that tests math skills by requiring readers to spot an odd number among identical ones in under 7 seconds. It underscores the cognitive benefits of ...

Prove that, at a recent convention of biophysicists, the number of scientists in attendance who shook hands an odd number of times is even. The same problem can be expressed graphically as follows: ...

ROLE MODEL: Isaac Anoom as Mr Numbervator has won many plaudits for his innovative approach to teaching maths MATHS HAS a reputation for being the subject that students hate. It’s not uncommon to hear ...