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Anxious About Math? Count an Elephant’s Toenails

Audio: Prof. Sian Beilock discusses study, co-authored with Prof. Susan Levine, which found using a math-based app significantly improved children’s math achievement


Science Friday

An Error Leads to a New Way to Draw, and Erase, Computing Circuits

Graduate student Andrew Yeats, working with Prof. David Awschalom, accidentally discovers a novel form of light-based circuitry


Where The Wild Fractions Are: The Power Of A Bedtime (Math) Story

In Q&A, Profs. Sian Beilock and Susan Levine discuss their study on the benefits of including math during story time at home