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Study reveals children see number lines in different ways

We deal with numbers nearly every day of our lives. Looking at the way children use numbers helps to explain how we can remember so many of them.

Art Benjamin, a math professor at Harvey Mudd College, combines mathematics and magic in his seminars, where he performs feats, and teaches methods, of mental calculation.

Art Benjamin displays power of magic and mental mathematics

Art Benjamin, a professor of math at Harvey Mudd College, gave a seminar this month at Carnegie Mellon, combining magic and mental mathematics.

Foods without trans fat include fruits, vegetables, and granola.

HealthTalk: Trans fat

Trans fat has been demonized in the nutritional world. Learn why its harmful effects can increase the risk of heart disease.

This brilliant image shows towers of dust and hydrogen in space. These pillars are three light-years in height. Star formation can be seen by the long, thin jets of gas being emitted from the tips of the clouds.

How Things Work: Stars

Learn how stars are born, how they live, and how they die; and why they glow so brightly at night.

SciTech Briefs

A new dinosaur related to T. Rex has been recently constructed and analyzed; one unusual feature, a hump, has never been recorded before in any dinosaur.

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