How to Understand (and Survive) All the Election Predictions You See

Chris White

Oct 23, 2018 9:00 AM

Don’t Just Look at the Odds. The Math Says You Should Buy a Mega Millions Ticket.

Molly Olmstead

Oct 22, 2018 2:14 PM

Should You Buy a Mega Millions Ticket?

Molly Olmstead

Oct 18, 2018 8:00 PM

Is There a Logical Inconsistency in the Constitution?

Dan Rockmore

Aug 06, 2018 7:30 AM

A New Study Argues You Might Be Able to Live Forever. You Still Can’t.

Irineo Cabreros

July 02, 2018 7:08 PM

Wednesday Is E Day, for the Mathematical Constant 2.718. Here’s How to Celebrate.

Evelyn Lamb

Feb 06, 2018 4:22 PM

Is 20.8 Million Pain Pills Over a Decade a Lot? Actually, It Depends.

Alex Barasch

Jan 30, 2018 7:32 PM

Why You Should Care About a Prime Number That’s 23,249,425 Digits Long

Evelyn Lamb

Jan 04, 2018 3:54 PM

A Guide to Understanding a Million vs. a Billion vs. a Trillion

Andrew D. Hwang

Nov 17, 2017 5:10 PM

How Can You Succeed at Learning Higher Math as an Adult?

Quora Contributor

March 24, 2017 7:17 AM

Move Over Pi Day. Hamilton Day, on Oct. 16, Is a Better Mathematical Holiday

Katharine Merow

Oct 14, 2016 10:08 AM

Hear Slate Money Break Down Weapons of Math Destruction

Cathy O'Neil, Felix Salmon, and Jordan Weissmann

Sept 10, 2016 2:02 AM

This App Uses Stories to Help Fight Summer Math Loss

Chris Berdik

July 20, 2016 7:30 AM

Algebra II Drives Dropout Rates and Is Mostly Useless. Here’s a Plan for Getting Rid of It.

Dana Goldstein

March 01, 2016 7:30 AM

Oh, What a Difference 0.2422 Days Make! It’s Why We Have Leap Years.

Phil Plait

Feb 29, 2016 9:15 AM

We Have Leap Days Every Four Years, Right? Right?

Phil Plait and Andrew Bouvé

Feb 28, 2016 9:15 AM

The Mathematical Case for Hypocrisy

John Allen Paulos

Nov 17, 2015 5:36 PM

The Mathematical Case for Hypocrisy

John Allen Paulos

Nov 17, 2015 5:36 PM

It’s Not a Myth: Basketball Players Really Do Have “Hot Hands”

Jordan Ellenberg

Oct 26, 2015 12:28 PM

You’re Not Actually Bad at Math

Chase Felker

Sept 03, 2015 9:00 AM