Tough Math on the Hilltop
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As a good Jesuit, Bishop John Carroll, the founder of Georgetown University, would probably not have thought to look for God in the steepness of the yield curve.
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By Matt Branaugh, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.  Dec.
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By Adam Smeltz, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Sep.
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Comps are on the slide, as competitors appear to be gaining the upper hand.
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Sometimes, the two concepts can blur.
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For the first time, an international study is showing the gap between top and bottom students appears to be closing. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study assesses students in 25 countries
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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The battle to rewrite Bolivia's constitution has come down to a math problem, a question that is anything but academic. What hangs in the balance is not only the direction the nation takes, but perhaps whether it remains a whole country at all.
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In one of the most famous attempts to declare a mathematical truth by political fiat, the Indiana legislature comes this close to establishing an exact value for pi. Good thing a math professor happened to be wandering by.
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Some people have a great excuse for being bad at math -- their language lacks the words for most numbers, U.S.-based researchers reported on Thursday.
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THE beauty of the downhill lies in its simplicity. It is man against mountain. That, and also the fact that, as Finlay Mickel says, &quot;you need some balls&quot; to take on the mountain at speeds touching 80mph.
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Obama's comparison of student deaths in one city and soldier deaths in another is bad math -- but maybe good politics
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By Tom Angleberger   tomangleberger@yahoo.com
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Scientists tap everything from gas-sniffing devices to GPS systems to better forecast when a mountain will stir. By Brad Knickerbocker | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Opponents aren't the only ones having a tough time matching Max Darrah's pace. Record-keepers are struggling to keep up, as well.
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Formula for disaster? The Department of Homeland Security busts out the math to assess risks. In 27B Stroke 6.
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MILWAUKEE _ Mathematics has solved problems in nature for centuries.  The ancient Egyptians used geometry to survey their landscape. Isaac Newton developed calculus while describing planetary motion.  Many of the recent challenges in applied mathematics are coming from biology.