In a remarkable development, a human mathematician has achieved what many thought impossible: solving the centuries-old ...

A scientist has revealed that an ancient clay tablet could be the oldest and most complete example of applied geometry. The surveyor's field plan from the Old Babylon period shows that ancient ...

Add zero and one to get one, one and one to get two, one and two to get three, two and three to get five. Most of us know this—that each successive number is the sum of the two numbers that came ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping ...

This story is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference in our community, reported by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more here. Some of the same items the Mayans would have used ...

Mathematics education in India must stay strongly focused on areas that directly contribute to employability, research ...