Math

The mathematical model that should be an amusement park ride

Michèle Audin’s book about Sofya Kovalevskaya is a fascinating combination of biography, personal reflections, and fictional digressions

How do you quickly calculate 25 percent of a number? Or 33 percent of a number? And how can you quickly calculate percentage increases?

The mathematical near-miss is "an exact representation of an almost-right answer"

Physicists have exploited the laws of quantum mechanics to send information without transmitting a signal. But have they, really?

There are plenty of arguments for why the lesser known Greek letter should be as popular as its more famous cousin

A team of physicists has revealed why rolling suitcases start rocking from wheel to wheel—and how to avoid that frustrating phenomenon. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Feds consider “conservation triage” that would let some animals go extinct to save funds for protecting others

Mathematics is increasingly integral to biology as more detailed experiments in recent years have led to a huge influx in biological data

June 17 is World Tessellation Day. Take a moment to look at the beautiful patterns under your feet

The Great Stalacpipe Organ operates by rhythmically striking 37 different stalactites scattered across the 3.5-acre cave

With algorithms in hand, scientists try to make U.S. elections more representative