Mathematics is often seen as an isolated subject, with distinct fields and theories that seem to have little in common. However, if you look closely, all areas of math are deeply interconnected. In ...

This is episode one of a three-part series. You can listen to part two here and part three here. [CLIP: Wind howls] Rachel Feltman: When Tom Crawford climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and stood 5,895 meters ...

Bates professors know that many first-year students can feel vulnerable, lost, and isolated. Those feelings, while normal, can deny students what they came to college for: the collective joy of ...

August brings the usual dread of summer’s end and the imminent return to school, now magnified by the uncertainty of a COVID future and painful memories of the COVID past. As if the increased levels ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The word starch brings to mind for many people either a food component or something used to stiffen clothing – but its use covers much territory. Starch is used in a wide ...

A young student has revamped a century-old math problem and unlocked a simple, yet elegant solution to optimize wind turbine flow conditions and enhance power output. Divya Tyagi, an aerospace ...