PARIS — Dr. Ken Ono shared his screen and, on a Zoom one week before the Olympics, began teaching me about Benford’s Law and plane partitions. Ono, a 56-year-old mathematics professor at the ...

In a sport where gold and silver can be separated by a fraction of a second, many of the world’s top swimmers now scour data for even the smallest edge. Kate Douglass of the United States often wears ...

For many athletes, it is the pinnacle of their career. They have trained hard for years to take part in the Olympic Games. Winning a medal is a childhood dream for most of them—only surpassed by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Math often feels disconnected from the real lives of students. They learn the steps, solve equations and check their work, but ...