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As the new year begins, ancient wisdom from Pythagoras reminds us that simple words like 'yes' and 'no' require deep thought. This Ionian philosopher, known for his mathematical and philosophical ...

In] any piece of beautiful mathematics, you almost always find that there is a physical system which actually mirrors the ...

Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

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Black holes are usually framed as the ultimate dead ends of the universe, but a new mathematical proposal suggests they might instead be raw material for building shortcuts through spacetime. In this ...

Mathematician Katie Steckles explains just why the proliferation of snowflake decorations this time of year is deeply ...

Maybe after reading this, it could increase your chances of winning the lottery! Ryan Garibaldi, a California mathematician, shared the different tactics to increasing one’s chances of taking home the ...

Po-Shen Loh never expected the pope to be part of the debate over artificial intelligence. But when Pope Leo XIV began urging ...

While Ed Solomon claims to have uncovered an election conspiracy, Dominion says he doesn't have a math degree.

Abraham Wald fled Europe just as Nazi persecution swallowed its greatest minds. Arriving in the United States with nothing ...