The US trade deficit dropped to $59.6 billion in August, falling nearly 24% from the month before, according to data published by the Commerce Department on Wednesday. The drop followed a fresh wave ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

A day Star Wars fans never thought would happen is finally happening. Lucasfilm and Disney are rereleasing the original ...

A University of California San Diego report warns that roughly one in eight incoming college students can’t meet middle school math standards. It found that the number of students needing to take ...

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Pure mathematics uses mathematics to explore abstract ideas, mathematics that does not necessarily describe a real physical system. This can include developing the fundamental tools used by ...

Applied mathematics is the application of mathematical techniques to describe real-world systems and solve technologically relevant problems. This can include the mechanics of a moving body, the ...