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· King Malleta
Ruthless Father Dangles Son Over River For Not Doing His Math Homework
A father from China definitely went over the top with his strategy for how to effectively tutor a child. The merciless father from Meishan in Sichuan province came under attack after a video of him dangling his son over a river went viral. Many people would assume that the…
· Ryan General
Hong Kong’s Teenage Math Prodigy Becomes UCLA Professor
March Tian Boedihardjo is an 18-year-old, Hong Kong-born, Indonesian-Chinese genius who recently finished his doctorate program to become an associate professor of Math at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The young prodigy, who began his university education at…
· Editorial Staff
Professor Sues UIC For Forcing Him to Teach Math Because He’s Asian
Seung-Whan Choi, an associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is suing the school for years of discrimination, including being forced to teach statistics despite not being qualified. Choi, a Korean-born international relations professor in the department of…
· Ryan General
New Study Proves That Asians are the Grandmasters of Math and Science
Five Asian countries dominated the young students’ global rankings for math and science, with Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Chinese Taipei, and Japan leading the rest of the world, a global study has revealed. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), an…
· Carl Samson
The ‘World’s Hottest Math Teacher’ is in Malaysia and People Are Freaking Out
A math teacher has driven the internet wild when her classroom video surfaced online. A photo posted by •Oksana Neveselaya• (@o_neveselaya) on Oct 4, 2016 at 9:01am PDT
· Ryan General
Woman Donates Most of Her Liver To Former Teacher Who Taught Her Math
A grateful student from Malaysia, who felt indebted to her former teacher’s kindness, gave the best gift one could ever give to someone: an extension of his life. Marie Christie Robert did not think twice on donating a part of her liver to her beloved teacher, 57-year-old Cheong…
· Ryan General
The U.S. Wins International Math Olympiad For the Second Year in a Row
The world’s brightest high school minds in Mathematics recently competed in Hong Kong with Americans again successfully demolishing its stereotype of being much worse than others at numbers. For the second year in a row, a United States high school team has emerged as the top…
· Editorial Staff
The Best Age to Get Married is 26, According to Mathematics
Mathematics has determined the magic number for marriage to be 26. The optimal age to settle down and commit to a life partner is 26. Journalist Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths, coauthors of “Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions,”…
· Editorial Staff
Watch Korean Students Take the American SAT Math Section For the First Time
In a new video by Sofla, a number of Korean students were asked how good they were at math. The subjects ranged from those who claimed they were really good at math to those who were not.
· Editorial Staff
Economics Professor Gets Profiled as a Terrorist for Doing Math on a Flight
An economics professor was temporarily removed from his flight after a fellow passenger thought he was a terrorist because of his math scribblings. Guido Menzio, a renowned University of Pennsylvania economics professor, was aboard an American Airlines flight from Philadelphia…
· Editorial Staff
A Chinese Mathematician Reveals How to Beat Anyone at Rock-Paper-Scissors
Rock-paper-scissors has been around for thousands of years. The seemingly simple hand game proves useful in randomly selecting a winning and losing player using very basic rules: rock smashes scissors, scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock. However, the game is not as simple as…
· Laura Dang
A Mathematician Has the Perfect Explanation For Why Traffic Jams Happen
Sitting in traffic is the worst way to spend Labor Day weekend. What’s even more frustrating is realizing there was no reason for a traffic jam in the first place. Why does traffic happen where there seems to be no accidents and no construction work interfering with the flow of…
· King Malleta
Meet the 13-Year-Old Filipino Programmer Who Built Her Own Company
While many 10-year-old kids are busy playing outside, one young girl from the Philippines got busy learning something very different. Isabel Sieh, from Antipolo City, Philippines, was just 10-year-old when she began learning how to code — a skill that has made many people…
· Ryan General
Little Girl Writes Adorable Letter For a Job at Google, Gets the CEO to Respond
Chloe Bridgewater is only seven years old, but she already has her sights set on working for Google in the future. The young girl from Hereford, U.K. proved she wasn’t kidding either when she wrote a letter to the company to ask for a job. Her father, Andy Bridgewater, would…
· Ryan General
The Second Youngest Billionaire in the World is a Filipino-American
At 28 years old, a Filipino-American is currently the second youngest billionaire in the world, according to Forbes. Bobby Murphy, Snap Inc.’s low-profile CTO, is second only to his 26-year-old Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel. Murphy is also #11 in Forbes’ America’s Richest…
· Khier Casino
Video Captures Semi-Truck Tearing Through 3 Houses in China, Killing 5
An out-of-control semi-trailer truck sped through an intersection and crashed into a row of houses in China’s northwest Haiyuan county, killing five people and causing three homes to collapse. The shocking moment was caught on CCTV video on Tuesday in Northwest China’s Ningxia…
· Khier Casino
English Teacher in China Makes Nearly $2 Million Selling Lessons Online
Zhu Wei, an English teacher from China who started his own online tutoring company in 2015,has now made nearly $2 million in the midst of the country’s flourishing English-teaching market. Zhu’s live streaming course includes nine two-hour lessons for 799 yuan ($116) per student.
· Ryan General
American Teachers Are Underpaid, So China is Stepping Up to Help
A revolutionary Chinese startup that provides English lessons to Chinese kids, is also helping North American instructors earn a substantial amount of money. Founded by Cindy Mi, the service called VIPKid pairs young Chinese students with language instructors to study English,…
· King Malleta
Kids in China Spend 77 Hours a Week Studying
Some people moan about a 40-hour work week, but wait until you find out how many hours students in China spend every week just to study. In an in depth article by the Australian Financial Review, analysts looked closely at how kids in China spend 65-77 hours a week studying —…
· Editorial Staff
Singaporean Teen’s 5-Minute Video Wins $250,000 Scholarship From Mark Zuckerberg
A student from Raffles Institution in Singapore has won a $250,000 scholarship funded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after creating a video that explains a scientific concept in simple terms. Deanna See, 17, was one of two winners at the Breakthrough Junior challenge for her…
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