Math

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

"Being trans is beautiful"

Because “the bounded Fatou domain of the function f(z)=(z+z^2)/2” doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue

I turn to the Kakeya needle problem for reassurance in difficult times

A calendrical-linguistic coincidence leads to a thrice-in-a-century holiday.

Contemplating communication with Claude Shannon

The simplicity of the stains' repeating patterns is key to why we see so many images in them

A new solution to a decades-old geometry puzzle might unlock the secrets of our planet's inner structure

Great literature is surprisingly arithmetic

The long-running effort to ditch the decaying, 19th-century artifact that defines the kilogram nears its conclusion

It's a ubiquitous badge of mathematical pride. But what *is* it?

How a routine trip to the art museum became a meditation on the empty set