On a set of broken clay bowls from northern Mesopotamia, delicate flower patterns have turned out to be something far more radical than decoration. New analysis of this ancient art suggests that early ...

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A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel AI system capable of grading and providing detailed feedback on ...

Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

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A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods ...

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Veteran teacher Courtney Phillips discovered that math can be taught in an engaging way through the ancient game of mahjong, which requires strategy, analysis, problem solving, and math.