By incorporating this quick physical game into a math lesson, teachers help students focus on the task at hand.

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Axiom Math, which has recruited top talent from Meta, has raised $64 million in seed funding to build an AI math whiz.

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Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river’s famed tidal ...

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