Cole: Math and Mass Cancellation

Cole: Math and Mass Cancellation

As a child in math class, KC Cole (@kccole314) found satisfaction in canceling, the process of reducing fractions to the smallest denominator. In her recent first-person essay for Wired, Cole reflects on the connection between basic arithmetic concepts and humans’...

Hu: Boys Club

In The Atlantic, Jane C. Hu scrutinizes the discipline that might have the most shatterproof glass ceiling of all: mathematics. Math professors are using their analytical skills to figure out why the field has so few women and what to do about it. For more from...