Abel Prize Goes to Pioneer Whose “Math Toolbox” Can Be Used to Describe the Natural World Why Was the Earthquake in Myanmar ...

From undergraduate study to graduate, postdoctoral and faculty research, women within the Mellon College of Science’s Department of Mathematical Sciences are among those continuing the tradition of ...

Pi is part of Egyptian mythology Egyptians believed that the pyramids of Giza were like math marvels, built on the principles ...

Mathematicians struggled to find the fewest number of pieces needed to cut an equilateral triangle and rearrange it into a ...

How gravity causes a perfectly spherical ball to roll down an inclined plane is part of the elementary school physics canon.

Pure mathematics uses mathematics to explore abstract ideas, mathematics that does not necessarily describe a real physical system. This can include developing the fundamental tools used by ...

If only Sisyphus had a front-end loader. Luckily, the Town of Sandwich does. Ms. Thomson spent 40 years in journalism, covering government and politics at all levels and the Olympics before ...

Some are convinced it’s the legendary Leviathan– an ancient creature from myth– while others are skeptical, brushing it off as another internet hoax. But as enticing as the idea of ...

With heightened tensions between Europe and the United States over NATO and Ukraine, the myth of an F-35 “kill switch”, which would supposedly allow the Pentagon to disable foreign-operated F ...

People with ADHD, especially the inattentive subtype, may experience difficulty with math. But research-backed techniques and accommodations can lead to significant improvements in performance.

Myth makes rivulets from where history has been dammed. The word “anger” is derived from an old Germanic word angaz that means a distressing narrowness, a squeezed, aching grip. Nussbaum theorises ...

I’ve been out of school a long time (I mean a long time), yet I think I’m still pretty good at basic math. I’m always able to figure out whether a “bargain buy” at the supermarket is act ...