Math

Weird math can explain why Warren Buffett had the advantage in a dice game against Bill Gates

A trio of scientists who developed the combination drug Trikafta are among the winners of five major awards in life sciences, physics and mathematics

Despite efforts to make a planned city in the Saudi Arabian desert sustainable, its layout could create problems   

A trapezoid was key to discovering the elusive answer to a riddle about Möbius strips

Don’t be annoyed if you fail at a certain level of the popular game Candy Crush Saga; computers also have their problems with it

“Anscombe’s quartet” and the “datasaurus dozen” demonstrate the importance of visualizing data

A new technique for sending hidden messages is mathematically proven to escape detection

Here’s what the hairiest problem in math can teach us about wind, antennas and nuclear fusion

Huge data sets and matrices help online companies predict what you will click next

Researchers have found the ninth “Dedekind number” after a 32-year-long search

The martingale betting strategy has led many gamblers to ruin when the Kelly criterion could have brought them riches

The letter X is key to modern algebra. But no one knows why