Math

Mathematics and mathematicians thrive when they can travel freely around the world

Yves Meyer wins the Abel Prize for development of a theory with applications ranging from watching movies to detecting gravitational waves

Researchers used ancient climate cycles to confirm the solar system’s chaotic planetary orbits. An Earth–Mars collision is one distant outcome. Julia Rosen reports.

A project that measures up

You can create stunning symmetrical images armed with just a few equations and a computer

For centuries mathematicians tried to solve problems by adding new values to the usual numbers. Now they’re investigating the unintended consequences of that tinkering

The euclidean circle constant? Been there, done that. Here are some other π's you might consider

For thousands of years people have struggled to pin down pi. Watch how mathematicians from Archimedes on have wrapped their heads around the math of circles.

Elegant new visualization maps the digits of pi as a star catalogue

Are we alone in the universe? If so, why? If not, where is everybody? Thankfully, math can help us with these astronomically profound questions

The Oscar-nominated film illuminates just one group of women whose contributions have long gone unrecognized

"Being trans is beautiful"