“Our goal was to build a clear mathematical bridge between abstract algebra and the experience of listening to music,” said study co-author Olga Ibragimova. “When we think of melodies as shapes we can ...

South Korean infielder Sung-mun Song and the San Diego Padres finalized a $15 million, four-year contract on Sunday. Song will receive a $1 million signing bonus in two equal installments, in 30 days ...

Our staff's favorite songs from the past year of hits and deeper cuts. On the charts, 2025 was a year that often felt like flipping TV channels to find a new episode to watch and coming across nothing ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Online and distance learning can be tedious for some students, but one Pinellas County teacher is making it his mission for students and families to sing a different tune. “I ...

Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other ...

Lucy calmly assures Charlotte that she doesn't have to do anything she doesn't want to do, and then asks what it is that drew her to her husband-to-be in the first place, and Charlotte confesses: This ...

Two mathematicians have used a new geometric approach in order to address a very old problem in algebra. In school, we often learn how to multiply out and factor polynomial equations like (x² – 1) or ...

New research details an intriguing new way to solve "unsolvable" algebra problems that go beyond the fourth degree – something that has generally been deemed impossible using traditional methods for ...

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The pop songs you love might feel so catchy they’re magic, but their ability to get stuck in your head isn’t fairy dust and sparkles: it’s melodic math. Music researchers use melodic math to refer to ...