Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A mathematician at Carnegie Mellon University has developed an easier way to solve quadratic equations. The mathematician hopes this method will help ...

The quadratic equation has found a new place to shine, right on Google’s homepage. The tech giant’s latest animated Doodle turns the world’s most famous search engine into a playful classroom, ...

"Even the +, −, =, and x signs we take for granted only came into widespread use in the 17th century. Which means that the earlier algebraists we know of … all had expressed their equations mostly in ...