The SciencesSeptember 3, 2019
In Praise of Chicago’s Hypotenuses
Walking the Pythagorean theorem
Math
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2019
Is the Mathematical World Real?
Philosophers cannot agree on whether mathematical objects exist or are pure fictions
New Issue: Science’s Impossible Questions. Read Now
BehaviorSeptember 1, 2019
Even If We Knew Everything That Can Be Known, We Wouldn’t Know It All
Beyond the unknown unknowns is what's unknowable
The SciencesAugust 29, 2019
Math Fun with a Perimeter Magic Triangle
A puzzling activity from Science Buddies
The SciencesAugust 28, 2019
Mathematical Mondegreens
Can AI be creative? Maybe not, but it can be amusing
The SciencesAugust 12, 2019
The Longest Matrilineal Chain in Math
Tracing our mathematical foremothers
The SciencesAugust 3, 2019
The Only Way to Win Is Not to Play the Game
What to do with those pesky order of operations questions?
MathematicsAugust 1, 2019
The Three-Body Problem
Although mathematicians know they can never fully “solve” this centuries-old quandary, tackling smaller pieces of it has yielded some intriguing discoveries
The SciencesAugust 1, 2019
A New Book Examines the Relationship between Math and Physics
It sure comes in handy for doing physics
The SciencesJuly 30, 2019
In Pursuit of Completeness
Sometimes mathematics chases its own tail
The SciencesJuly 18, 2019
Diagonalizing the Psalms
Mathematics-inspired manipulations of scripture
The SciencesJuly 11, 2019
Parallels and Perpendiculars in the Lives of Two Extraordinary Siblings
In her new book The Weil Conjectures, Karen Olsson ruminates on the trajectories of André and Simone Weil