When the roads get crowded, many drivers start changing lanes. Mathematics suggests this intuition is typically wrong ...

Every summer, I teach an introductory machine learning course in an international summer program. This year, the class ...

Baboons and macaques appear to use some of the same mental strategies as humans when matching shapes, suggesting that the ...

Not every gut feeling works the same way. A psychologist breaks down the different types of intuitive intelligence — and the ...

Jacob Tsimerman, a professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto, has won the prestigious Fields Medal.

Held up as a new route to college admissions, the Classic Learning Test has instead become a remedial high-school graduation ...

Millions of people will take to the roads this holiday season, only to end up spending frustrating hours sitting in traffic jams. Congestion costs drivers time, fuel and patience – while also ...

Determination and effort propelled Jacob Tsimerman to the top of the math world. But now that he’s won a Fields Medal, he ...

We readily distinguish regular geometric shapes with features like parallel sides, symmetry, and right angles from irregular ...

Jacob Tsimerman won the biggest prize in math. Now he’s working on the most important problem of his career.

The Fields Medal, mathematics' most prestigious award, embodies the belief that an individual intellect—through extraordinary ...