BOSTON – Our ability to do math may lie in our genes. Looking at more than a thousand students in Chinese elementary schools, researchers identified genetic variants that were strongly linked to ...

Scientists have discovered that a key function from a "pure" branch of mathematics can predict how often genetic mutations lead to changes in function. These rules, laid out by the so-called ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Math anxiety can lead to poor performance and also deter people from taking math courses. This is because feelings of anxiety can tie up important cognitive resources (known as working memory), which ...

Learn about a new mathematical model that suggests Neanderthals never went extinct and, instead, became modern humans.