Math

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MathematicsApril 14, 2026

Mathematicians created an ‘impossible’ shape that shouldn’t exist

Scientists have designed a new kind of paradoxical shape

Clara Moskowitz, Robert Ghrist

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MathematicsApril 14, 2026

Math puzzle: A disassembly job

Take apart the grid in this math puzzle

Heinrich Hemme

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MathApril 14, 2026

The humble ham sandwich inspired a math theorem for sharing food fairly

A Polish mathematician's theory on the famous problem of bisecting three solids using one plane

Manon Bischoff

MathApril 7, 2026

The mathematically correct way to slice a pizza

The intermediate value theorem shows us how to find an even center on an irregular shape

Manon Bischoff

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MathematicsApril 4, 2026

The mathematical formula that reveals when Easter is every year

You can track the start of spring and the phases of the moon—or you can turn to a formula by mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss

Manon Bischoff

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MathMarch 31, 2026

How a statistical paradox can make research findings fall apart

Simpson’s paradox demonstrates how counterintuitive statistics can be

Manon Bischoff

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MathematicsMarch 26, 2026

What happens when AI starts checking mathematicians’ work

A start-up has surprised the scientific community with a breakthrough: translating a modern proof into a programming language for verification using AI. But not everyone is celebrating

Manon Bischoff

Woman at a protest march, holding a sign that says "I was told to bring a sine" with a sine wave pitcured

MathematicsMarch 26, 2026

Why mathematicians are boycotting their biggest conference

More than 1,500 mathematicians are demanding that their field’s most prestigious meeting be moved from the U.S.

Joseph Howlett

Artificial IntelligenceMarch 25, 2026

Is AI solving proofs—or just dividing our opinions?

A new challenge reveals how well AI can tackle true math problems

Kendra Pierre-Louis, Joseph Howlett, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura

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MathematicsMarch 24, 2026

Mathematicians can’t agree on whether 0.999... equals 1

Whether 0.999... equals 1 is the subject of bitter dispute in countless online forums

Manon Bischoff

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LanguageMarch 19, 2026

Can you solve these language puzzles? Test your skills with these problems from North America’s biggest linguistics competition

For 20 years, this computational linguistics competition has inspired new generations of innovators in AI and language preservation

Emma R. Hasson

MathematicsMarch 19, 2026

The math of March Madness brackets

When can mathematicians reverse engineer basketball tournament results from your friends’ brackets?

Emma R. Hasson

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