From ancient Egyptians to the Incas, gold has been revered as nothing short of miraculous. So it comes as no surprise that nearly every culture has cherished this beautiful substance.

Making the right choice for oneself is not always easy; and speaking out to others can even be more daunting.

The new career for many people today is nursing. The driving force for such a large interest in nursing has to do with the job security. This field offers not only job security, but financial gain from higher salaries.

Algebra represents some peoples’ fondest memories of high school—and for others, it goes down in personal history as the one activity that tuned them out on math forever But algebra offers instant help with an issue nearly everyone needs to think about—personal finances

The word "rational" has all kinds of connotations - good and bad - in today's culture Be rational, we say to people who seem unable to see reason

Every day, we make decisions based on what we think may, or most likely will, happen Many of these decisions seem to be based more on wishful thinking than on logic - sure, you'll run off that extra banana split

Circles are odd things We encounter them all the time in nature - in fact we couldn't exist without them, the earth and all its heavenly neighbors (including the sun) being spherical - and yet mathematicians and geometers insist that there are no perfect circles, outside the realm of theory

It's a question every math teacher hears Most dread it

Among publishers, advertisers, and other business folk, the idea that Americans hate numbers is almost proverbial One publishing-industry dictum holds that each equation an author puts in a book's manuscript will cut that book's sales in half

If you've taken a first-year college history course - or read through a basic history textbook - you may have noticed a small gap It's only a thousand years or so