Many of us could happily fold a paper crane, yet few feel confident solving an equation like x³ – 3 x² – x + 3 = 0, to find a value for x. Both activities, however, share similar skills: precision, ...

At nine, during the 2020 lockdown, Ishaan Gupta began folding paper almost by accident. His mother, a Furoshiki gift-wrapping artist, was learning the Japanese art through online classes, and Gupta ...