A tricky math question on a second grader's assignment left one mother puzzled. In fact, she was so stumped by the word problem that she turned to the internet for help. Angie Werner called on fellow ...

A system of nonlinear equations is harder to solve than you think—and more of a puzzle than a math problem. Puzzles like this require you to look and find the one loose end you can pull to unravel the ...

Bees tackle the traveling salesman problem better than supercomputers, showcasing their impressive cognitive abilities. Having a bee brain might not be so bad after all, since new research shows that ...

A graphic artist is testing everyone’s knowledge of algebra and attention to detail with a pictograph math problem that assigns numbers to different plants. Gergely Dudás, of Budapest, Hungary, shared ...