https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed It's not unusual for school pupils to find tests difficult. But students in Germany have taken it to the next level by launching petitions against their final secondary-school maths exam. https://www.thelocal.de/20190506/thousands-of-german-students-protest-maths-exam-deemed-too-difficult Mon, 06 May 2019 13:19:16 +0200 thousands-of-german-students-protest-maths-exam-deemed-too-difficult In its doodle for Monday March 23rd, Google chose to highlight the 133rd birthday of Emmy Noether – one of Germany's most renowned mathematicians. https://www.thelocal.de/20150323/emmy-noether-google-doodle-honours-german-maths-pioneer Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:14:41 +0100 emmy-noether-google-doodle-honours-german-maths-pioneer A 16-year-old schoolboy has solved a mathematical problem which has stumped mathematicians for centuries, a newspaper report said. The boy put the historical breakthrough down to “schoolboy naivety.” https://www.thelocal.de/20120523/42687 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:03:00 +0200 42687