Math in the News

Here is a selection of mathematics-related articles and editorials in newspapers. Note that I don't necessarily agree with the content of all of these articles that I've listed here.

• "PhotoMath app solves equations for you" (CNN.com, October 22, 2014).
• "Excellence in Canadian math education—by way of Singapore" (National Post, September 5, 2014).
• "Why Do Americans Stink at Math?" (New York Times, July 23, 2014).
• "Who gets the goodies? Math can take the sting out of a romance gone sour" (The Record, February 14, 2014).
• "How the Friendship Paradox Makes Your Friends Better Than You Are" (MIT Technology Review, January 14, 2014).
• "Cicada 3301 update: the baffling internet mystery is back" (The Telegraph, January 7, 2014).
• "Editorial: Who Says Math Has to be Boring?" (New York Times, December 8, 2013).
• "Homer Simpson's scary maths problems" (BBC News, October 30, 2013).
• "U.S. professor finds longest prime number with 17,425,170 digits" (Yahoo! News, February 8, 2013).
• "US population reaches pi milestone, officials say" (Yahoo! News, August 14, 2012).
• "Is Algebra Necessary?" by Andrew Hacker (New York Times, July 29, 2012). See also responses here and here.
• "Why your kids can't add without a calculator" (National Post, July 2, 2012).