Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research suggests that these markings informed the development of writing Sarah Kuta ...

Here’s how it works. The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in the exchange of farming produce and textiles ...

Traditionally, online music education has relied on simplified digital representations of musical notation, leaving students without crucial guidance when attempting to understand the intricacies of ...

Calcea Johnson via MMA In December 2022, a high school in Louisiana challenged its students with a bonus math question that came with a $500 cash prize: Using trigonometry, they had to create a ...

Their work published Monday in the scientific journal American Mathematical Monthly. “I’m so surprised that we’re getting published in a paper at such a young age,” Johnson, a sophomore ...

Two years ago, a couple of high school classmates each composed a mathematical marvel, a trigonometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem. Now, they’re unveiling 10 more. For over 2,000 years ...

Tua Tagovailoa is back. He will play football this Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. The Miami Dolphins quarterback’s brain has been a popular, fraught conversation topic for about two years.

The symbols and mathematical operations used in the laws of physics follow a pattern that could reveal something fundamental about the universe ...