Feature Math Numbers: Science news of the year, 2008 Science News writers and editors looked back at the past year's stories and selected a handful as the year's most interesting and important in Numbers. Follow hotlinks to the full, original stories. By Science News December 19, 2008 at 7:18 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Math success doesn’t add up for U.S. girlsEnvironment may play important role The perception that girls don’t measure up to boys when it comes to math was refuted by a study of more than 7 million students in 10 states.