As an undergraduate major in the Symbolic Systems Program at Stanford University, I had amazing opportunities to interact with scholars from a variety of disciplines, and also plenty of awkward small ...

All equals are not created equal—mathematicians sometimes play fast and loose. In programming, equal signs mean different things, and variables have different types. Turning intuitive math expertise ...

That “equals” symbol all over Facebook is the brainchild of the Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign, which set out to make social media “awash in a sea of red” to support marriage equality as ...

Britta: What does this symbol mean? It’s the number 8, and equals sign and then a greater than symbol.