Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A troubling math problem that led to a "heated conversation" among one fifth-grader's family has sparked similar debate ...

I have a friend who’s a world-renowned mathematician. He doesn’t think like me. Or you. Or, indeed, anyone else I know. This is a good thing — certainly for him. Especially as mathematicians of one ...

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(ABC News)--Police across the country are used to solving puzzles, but one Ohio police department recently got a plea for help from a local girl seeking to solve a puzzle of a more mathematical bent.