Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for September 11, 2026 - Individual interests and collective interest join hands at the local paper.

Introduction Do you ever use math as a tool to solve interesting problems? In the 1970s math was often taught with simple worksheets. One teacher was looking for a way to help his students have more ...

“It’s a very rich area, to study tiny, small-scale shapes and uncover what the math hidden there can tell us,” Cosmin Pohoata says. “What makes math fascinating is that it’s the language for how ...