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Alibaba AI Crushes Rivals In Crypto Trading, Matches GPT-5 In Math

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) is accelerating efforts to unlock value across its businesses through breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and global technology expansion.

Benzinga

Craps Strategy: Mastering the Dice with Mathematics

The dice roll across green felt as players cheer, with craps offering more excitement than any casino game. Yet, many play without a strategy. The key to smart play isn’t predicting outcomes, but knowing which bets have better odds and how to manage bankroll.

Dot Esports

A rushed new maths curriculum doesn’t add up. The right answer is more time

If the recent news of a new mathematics and statistics curriculum for years 0–10 felt familiar, that’s because it was.

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Dismantling the Math Barrier: The Impact of Math Anxiety on Economic Potential

ECD estimates that achieving universal basic skills in core areas would boost worldwide GDP by around $700 trillion.

International Business Times

Brexiteer Gove ‘knows all about crazy mathematics’, says Treasury minister

The Conservative peer and Spectator editor had challenged the Labour front bench over the decline in the number of teachers in state education.

Evening Standard

Identifying as a ‘STEM person’ makes you more likely to pursue a STEM job – and caregivers may unknowingly shape kids’ self-identity

Employers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – commonly called the STEM industries – continue to struggle to attract female applicants. In its 2024 jobs report, the National Science Board found that men outnumber women almost 3-to-1 in STEM jobs that require at least a bachelor’s degree and over 8-to-1…

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How do we get more Year 12s doing maths?

Mathematics has been the broccoli of school subjects for generations of Australian teenagers.

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AI systems are great at tests. But how do they perform in real life?

Earlier this month, when OpenAI released its latest flagship artificial intelligence (AI) system, GPT-5, the company said it was “much smarter across the board” than earlier models. Backing up the claim were high scores on a range of benchmark tests assessing domains such as software coding, mathematics and healthcare.

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$Micah Fagan Launches Doctor Math Medic to Transform How Educators and Students Connect with Mathematics$

Micah Fagan Launches Doctor Math Medic to Transform How Educators and Students Connect with Mathematics

While Doctor Math Medic is only months old, the vision is bold. In the next decade, Fagan hopes to scale the initiative globally, building a team that can reach school districts around the world.

International Business Times

The popular A-level subject that the UK is struggling with

Maths may be the most popular subject choice, but concerns remain about the skills of young people who choose not to study it after 16

The Independent UK

Despite A-level popularity, maths education after 16 is still lacking in England

Mathematics at A-level is going from strength to strength. Maths is the most popular subject choice, and further maths, which is a separate A-level course, has seen the most growth in uptake. Despite this, concerns still remain about the mathematical skills of young people who do not choose to study…

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Prize shines light on top Aussie women in STEM research

A $50,000 prize hopes to encourage the next generation of female leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

AAP

Most popular A-level subject with 112,138 entries revealed

In 2025, more young people than ever have opened their A-level results to find out how they did in their maths exam

The Independent UK

Maths is most popular A-level again – more students should get the opportunity to take their study further

In 2025, more young people than ever have opened their A-level results to find out how they did in their maths exam. Once again, maths has been the most popular A-level subject, with 112,138 entries in 2025.

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The hidden mathematics of AI: why your GPU bills don't add up

AI workloads are breaking cloud economics. Here’s why smarter teams are rethinking their infrastructure strategy.

The Guardian - UK

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza

Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

The Guardian - UK

Tom Lehrer obituary

Singer, songwriter and satirist who eschewed the limelight to return to teaching mathematics

The Guardian - AU

Can a common denominator unite warring contestant nations at the International Mathematics Olympiad?

Determination by IMO organisers to remain apolitical divides participating countries amid wars in Ukraine and Gaza

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Term Life Insurance Rates by Age: What You’ll Pay in 2025

Insurance mathematics operates on relentless principles—each passing year incrementally recalibrates risk assessment models.

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Emerlyn Abrenica: How a Texas Math Teacher Builds Confidence Through Numbers

Discover how Emerlyn Abrenica, an award-winning math teacher and UIL coach, is boosting student confidence and achievement through research-driven teaching.

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Nine-year-olds in England sit timed multiplication test – but using times tables is about more than quick recall

What’s seven times nine? Quick, you’ve got six seconds to answer.

The Conversation

4 creative ways to engage children in STEM over the summer: Tips to foster curiosity and problem-solving at home

The Trump administration is reshaping the pursuit of science through federal cuts to research grants and the Department of Education. This will have real consequences for students interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM learning.

The Independent UK

FACT FOCUS: Trump’s claims about remedial math at Harvard don’t add up

As President Donald Trump moves to revoke Harvard University's certification to enroll foreign students, he is falsely claiming that the university is offering “low grade mathematics like two plus two is four.”

The Conversation

Prime numbers, the building blocks of mathematics, have fascinated for centuries − now technology is revolutionizing the search for them

A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like tally marks, may have represented prime numbers. Similarly, a clay tablet from 1800 B.C.E. inscribed with Babylonian numbers describes a number system built on prime…

The Guardian - UK

Geoff Wain obituary

Other lives: Educationist and teacher trainer whose enthusiasm for popularising mathematics led to the opening of the first maths discovery centre in the UK

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