Then it’s kind of a mystery to try to figure out why and how they’re related.” The Riemann hypothesis has proved to be a font ...

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before numbers were written down. By closely studying Halafian pottery, researchers ...

Pine cones. Stock-market quotations. Sunflowers. Classical architecture. Reproduction of bees. Roman poetry. What do they have in common? In one way or another, these and many more creations of nature ...

Dr. Clayton is a mathematician. Candidates for quantitative jobs — like those on Wall Street or in Silicon Valley — are sometimes asked offbeat questions such as: How many Ping-Pong balls fit in a 747 ...

If you've got the time, we've got the riddle. And it's time for a riddle about time: How many numbers are on a clock? It begins with the simplest of questions that, nevertheless, has no simple answer.

You've taken a major step in your college application journey and now you’re just one step away from seeing the results: your SAT score. Here’s a simple guide on when your scores will be released, ...

A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led physicists to formulate a new theory of nature. That theory, quantum mechanics, found immediate success, proving its worth ...

What is the most important number in the entirety of mathematics? Ok, that’s a pretty silly question – out of infinite possibilities, how could you possibly choose? I suppose a big hitter like 2 or 10 ...

You may have heard kids say "six, seven". We unpack what's behind the latest slang making waves in playgrounds and online. The number 67 has been causing a commotion among kids lately. Try saying it ...