I've blogged before about Wolfram Alpha, the search-engine-like product from the creators of Mathematica. Alpha remains a great choice for finding answers to specific questions, especially those ...

If you’re studying math or science, you are probably pretty familiar with Wolfram Alpha as a tool for figuring out complicated equations. That makes it a pretty good tool for cheating, but not ...

Wolfram Alpha may be a data geek's dream, but if you're not all that interested in its more obscure uses, here's one thing we could all use a little help with: step-by-step math calculations. Just ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

The Hindu is introducing a new section called Toolbox, which will explain how to use software and hardware tools for everyday use. This will be of interest to learners, students, hobbyists, and anyone ...

A free resource helps teachers locate interactive tools for math instruction. Numerous studies have highlighted the importance of U.S. students’ math achievement, and now math teachers have a new ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

Wolfram Alpha is not Google. They may look and even feel similar, but Google it is not. Google helps users navigate the expansive global Web via a friendly (but highly effective) interface. Wolfram ...

The Internet’s computational search engine just added a whole bunch of information about Pokémon. Above: Siri will lay out the info for you as if it were a real Pokédex you got from Professor Oak.

I used to love math and math used to love me. I never made it through calculus in college — though I suspect the decades of writing code since and general mental maturity would let me grasp it now — ...