A DOUBLE dose of maths and science is by far the most popular combination of Year 12 subjects, the SACE Board has revealed on the eve of the biggest week of exams. There are 516 students preparing for ...

Millions of Australian students are falling behind in math, and experts warn it could cost the country billions in lost productivity and economic growth. A recent report from the Grattan Institute, a ...

Following in the mathematic footsteps of the equations that came before it, another deceptively simple maths problem has surfaced to unleash a civil war among family, friends, and comment sections ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese school students have won top prizes at the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) and the Australia Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad (AIMO). VietNamNet Bridge – ...

Australia has suffered a significant drop in teenage maths proficiency in the past 20 years -- sliding from 11th in the OECD rankings to 29th place out of 38 countries, prompting widespread debate ...

Australian prodigy Professor Terence Tao has won the mathematics world's version of a Nobel Prize, the Fields Medal, for contributions to harmonic analysis and numerical theory. Tao, aged just 31, ...

However, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study results released overnight show a mixed report card in student achievement compared with benchmark countries – with four key trends ...

Lisa De Bortoli does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Suzanne Cory is President of the Australian Academy of Science. The views in this article are being expressed in this capacity. Australia faces many big challenges – in the economy, health, energy, ...

In a famous passage from his memoir, A Mathematician's Apology, GH Hardy claimed that mathematics, "more than any other art or science, is a young man's game". The 2022 Fields Medal winners will be ...