Math

Prolific generation of data drove the need for prefixes that denote 10²⁷ and 10³⁰

Mathematician Melanie Matchett Wood seeks creative ways of solving open math problems

After shocking the mathematics community with a major result in 2013, Yitang Zhang now says he has solved an analogue of the celebrated Riemann hypothesis

Some voting districts are tilted intentionally toward one party or another—a factor in the midterms. Geometry plays a critical role in gerrymandering

Mathematician Frank Ramsey showed how to discover coherent patterns among a multitude of number groupings

Math helps to randomly select the fairest citizens’ assemblies since antiquity

Some mathematicians have sought a logical proof for the existence of God. Here’s what they discovered

Topology, sometimes called rubber sheet geometry, is finding patterns in the brain, drugs and evolution

A mathematical model reveals the best way to achieve consistently tasty espresso

An expert explains how numbers can mislead and what she’s doing to help people understand them better

The celebrated nurse improved public health through her groundbreaking use of graphic storytelling

Who decided that nothing should be something?