It is a tantalising possibility: artificial intelligence not as a techno shortcut but as the thing that gives wings to young minds.

If that’s left you feeling a little confused, fear not. As we near the end of 2025, our writers have taken a look back over ...

Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers. But many students at the University of California, San Diego—a top public university ranked sixth ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

24-year-old founder and CEO Carina Hong created Axiom Math in March 2025 and has recruited a team of ten employees, most of whom are from Meta, to build a math-focused AI model. Last fall, Carina Hong ...

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new research project is asking the same question about AI. When you purchase ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

Shrimp lovers will notice a key item missing from Red Lobster's new menu. "Relevant, compelling and exciting is what we want Red Lobster to be for the future, and so we’re working on that now," ...

Fractions are often needed when preparing assignments, reports, or mathematical documents. Microsoft Word provides different ways to write fractions clearly and neatly. Knowing how to use the built-in ...