Symbolism is at the heart of Lunar New Year foods, and this dish, which represents the beads a calculating instrument, is said to help bring you more money to count in the new year. Put your money ...

If you have picked up an abacus from a thrift store and watched your toddler play with the beads, like I have, and wondered if that's all there is to it, read on. Using an abacus ("soroban"), that ...

The quest to develop ever-faster and more powerful computers has led to one of the most rudimentary methods of counting being given a 21st century make-over. The quest to develop ever-faster and more ...

Remember the days when math wasn't just about numbers on a screen? Enter the abacus, that ancient counting tool that looked ...