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Learning REDUCE in Excel completely changed how I use spreadsheets

REDUCE allows you to iterate through your data, building your result step-by-step, in the same way a loop operates in a ...

Google Doodle turns spotlight on the quadratic equation: The formula behind every curve explained

Google's latest doodle in India celebrates the quadratic equation, ax² + bx + c = 0, showcasing its real-world applications ...
Edutopia

A 5-Stage Strategy Students Can Use to Tackle Word Problems

Students aren’t necessarily missing the math, they’re missing how to make sense of the problem itself. Once we see ...
University of Nevada, Reno

Ask the Professor: Why do we use a sideways 8 to represent infinity?

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.
EMBO Press

Meiotic cohesion requires Sirt1 and preserving its activity in aging oocytes reduces missegregation

Cohesion maintenance and chromosome segregation in Drosophila oocytes depend on Sirt1 activity, which declines when prophase ...
Reuters

Formula 1

Formula One world champion Max Verstappen will start Sunday's Sao Paulo Grand Prix from the pitlane after Red Bull changed the engine, power unit components and setup of his car overnight. Colapinto ...
eLife

Eye-specific differences in active zone addition during synaptic competition in the developing visual system

Eye-specific differences in presynaptic release site addition and clustering correlate with axonal segregation outcomes during retinogeniculate refinement in the mouse.