Cool Math Blogs

Numbers -- and series of numbers -- are about rhythm and pattern. That is no different for squares. 

Math Anxiety Cause and Effect

Math anxiety keeping you from reaching your learning potential? It's a common problem that can be overcome.

Using brain-imaging technology for the first time with people experiencing mathematics anxiety, University of Chicago scientists have gained new insights into how some students are able to overcome their fears and succeed in math.

[Watch the video HERE.]

As a kid, Parham Aarabi was a geek who loved math contests and Star Trek. Now, he’s a beauty maven.

UCLA mathematicians working with the Los Angeles Police Department to analyze crime patterns have designed a mathematical algorithm to identify street gangs involved in unsolved violent crimes. Their research is based on patterns of known criminal activity between gangs, and represents the first scholarly study of gang violence of its kind.

Looks like the NBA season is back on track. We were wondering how Kobe or LeBron would do if they started playing the game like poker players.

It's hard enough for elementary/middle school kids to find the right study habits, particularly when it comes to subjects like math that require bouts of uninterrupted concentration. But are parents helping or hindering them?

Maurits Cornelis Escher -- better known as M.C. Escher -- was a Dutch graphic artist known worldwide for creating impossible realities with his art. His unique and fascinating works of art explore and exhibit a wide range of mathematical ideas.

Music is a mathematical and emotional medium. It's no secret that math and music manifest together in many common areas.

As we ease our way back into blogging, we thought we'd start with a dreamy video of a giant tetrahedral kite called Three Cubes Colliding.