The effort follows earlier battles over social studies and could spread to other states reviewing academic standards.

Report long enough on palaeological and archaeological breakthroughs, and you start to notice some trends. Such as, the amazing frequency with which priceless relics are found collecting dust in a ...

The Archimedes Palimpsest, a 10th century collection of the Greek mathematician’s treatises, changed hands many time—some ...

Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning.  The proposed math standards the board was considering — just 36 pages, less ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

The newly recovered 1000-year-old page from the Archimedes palimpsest. Credit: Blois, Musée des Beaux-Arts / IRHT-CNRS. For ...

A long-lost page from the Archimedes Palimpsest has been identified at a museum in Blois, central France, adding a new fragment to one of the most significant surviving records of ancient Greek ...

Three leaves had been missing for more than a century. Researchers found one of them when they decided on a whim to check the ...

Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. This story also appeared in Chalkbeat and South Dakota Searchlight The proposed ...

The March 14 celebration drew toddlers through older children for a full day of circle-themed math activities and edible rewards.

As such, the palimpsest hosts a number of 10th century treatises by the Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes of Syracuse (though the original texts would have been centuries older). Notably, ...

The daily life in Ancient Greece revolved around work, family, education, and religion, shaping a civilization that still influences world.