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· Ryan General
Teen Math Whiz to Receive a Master’s Degree Before Even Finishing High School
A 17-year-old high school senior will be receiving her Master’s degree even before she gets her high school diploma a month from now. Stephanie Mui will receive her Master of Science degree in mathematics at George Mason University on Saturday, making her the university’s…
· Ryan General
Australia’s Best Math Teacher is a Super Fly Asian Man
An Asian-Australian math teacher’s unique teaching style has turned him into Australia’s favorite high school teacher. Co-head mathematics teacher Eddie Woo, whose parents migrated to Australia in the early 1970s, has been teaching at Cherrybrook Technology High School in Sydney…
· Max Chang
Overachiever Tells Asian Mom She ‘Failed’ Her Math Test, Gets a Beautiful Reply
When I was in middle school, my mother was eager to know how I did on an important math test. When I called her that I had failed the test, she was waiting for me at home with a feather duster ready to unleash her wrath on me. It was a beautiful beating and she beat me with all…
· 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…
· Heather Johnson Yu
5 Books From Asian Authors To Add To Your Summer Reading List
I’m the daughter of an English teacher. Her mother was an English teacher. Needless to say, we had a lot of books in our house, and reading quickly became the preferred way to ease boredom during the summer. I was often gifted books by my mom and grandma, and for some reason I…
· Ben Yu
Man Who’s Made Over $400,000 Investing in Bitcoin Reveals His Strategy
Ever since Nas Daily’s video came out about how I earned over $400,000 with less than $10,000 investing in Bitcoin and Ethereum, I’ve been getting hundreds of questions from people around the world about how to get started with cryptocurrency investment. First: I’m super glad…
· Benny Luo
He Was Bullied as a Kid For Being Chinese, Now He’s the Black Power Ranger
Although I am straight, any idiot can see that Ludi Lin is an absolute heartthrob. Lets list everything out that makes Lin awesome. He’s: Ridiculously good looking JACKED AF A Muay Thai and Jiu-Jitsu fighter Fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin Lastly, he’s the motha f***ing BLACK…
· Ryan General
AI Robot Takes China’s Notoriously Difficult ‘SAT’ Exam, Fails Miserably
A Chinese artificially intelligent robot took only 22 minutes to finish China’s notoriously grueling national college entrance exam, but it delivered a score that fell short of any tiger mom’s standards. AI-MATHS, a tall black box with 11 servers, scored only 105 points of 150…
· Ryan General
Suspect of Gruesome Murder Becomes an Unlikely ‘Idol’ in Thailand
A prime suspect in the high-profile gruesome murder of a karaoke bar girl last month has eerily become an overnight celebrity in Thailand. Various media platforms in the country have become fixated on suspect Priyanuch Nonwangchai, also a bar girl, with round the clock news…
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