Add Nonsense Math to the list of number-induced anxieties and incompetencies plaguing not only the nation's school children but people who should know better. A recent study shows even highly educated ...

As an undergraduate, I once went to a talk in psychology that was also attended by a prominent professor of psychology. The speaker flashed up a slide with some math, and almost immediately, while I ...

Cause and effect. We understand this concept from an early age. Tug on a pull toy's string, and the toy follows. Naturally, things get much more complicated as a system grows, as the number of ...