Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.

In 1968, the Army reported 128 enemy killed and three weapons found at My Lai. Nobody asked how those numbers made sense, and ...

Like physics, math has its own set of “fundamental particles”—the prime numbers, which can’t be broken down into smaller natural numbers. They can only be divided by themselves and 1. And in a new ...

Every year, math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day on March 14, a date whose digits represent the first ...

Nutrition labels flaunt calorie counts in bold on food packaging. The amount of energy — or calories — we get from food is ...

Scientists found exotic prime numbers may play a role in black hole physics, revealing a surprising connection between number ...

An exclusive conversation with OpenAI’s chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, about his firm's new grand challenge and the future ...

"They can be leading the rodeo and then give their $150,000 horse to that next guy so he can make money for his family on the ...

Public capital subsidies run $20 to $25 billion yearly, yet the total subsidy per affordable unit is not tracked anywhere.

More than 20 million barrels of oil and LNG per day normally transit the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s why replacing that supply ...

Susan Gilkerson, a math teacher and school bus driver, stood before a South Dakota education board and issued a warning. The proposed math standards the board was considering — just 36 pages, less ...

Mississippi fourth graders’ average math scores on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress were higher than ...