There’s something in the way sheep move. In a herd, Merino sheep follow a predictable pattern of spreading out and clustering together. Now scientists have developed equations that can describe those ...

Welsh researchers have uncovered the secret to how one man and his dog can round up a herd of sheep - it is all down to simple maths. And the scientists at Swansea University have found out that it is ...

An education bureau in southwest China came out in defence of a primary school maths test when one of the questions flummoxed some online readers, a news website reported on the weekend. Grade five ...