Last week I wrote about the birthday of the world’s first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace. Before she came up with the world’s first computer program (conceptually, at least), Lovelace was an ...

I recently attended "Math Night" at my kid's school, where teachers introduced the new approach to math that's embedded in the Common Core, and I'll be honest: It's a little awkward to get a lesson in ...

Imagine it’s a student’s first day of ninth grade in the San Francisco Unified School District in 2012. Let’s call her Veronica. On her schedule is a math class full of other ninth graders repeating ...

Then they learn a programming language to put it all in motion. And that's where algebra comes in. As an example, to get to the goal, the character has to get past the obstacle, which means their ...

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Bard, Google’s beleaguered AI-powered chatbot, is slowly improving at tasks involving logic and reasoning. That’s according to a blog post published today by the tech giant, which suggests that — ...

NEW DELHI: Biology finds a vast array of applications in engineering, and just like other subjects, it has become interdisciplinary, says Guhan Jayaraman, head of biotechnology at IIT Madras.

Knowing how to program a computer is good for you, and it’s a shame more people don’t learn to do it. For years now, that’s been a hugely popular stance. It’s led to educational initiatives as ...