A new series for the Health and Science section aims to make complex topics easy to dissect, and maybe even help people ‘fall ...

Measured against that, the Kakeya conjecture – a problem stemming from a 1917 thought experiment by Japanese mathematician ...

A new study has confirmed that sharks follow established patterns when it comes to body size, and this finding could change ...

Sharks follow a mathematical law regarding their size. A recent study uses 3D models to explore this biological rule. The research, published in Royal Society Open Science, reveals that sharks adhere ...

It’s not a random choice, and in fact, the history of ice cubes is a lot (ahem) cooler than you probably think.

Across the country, artificial intelligence tools are changing the teaching profession as educators use them to help write ...

A tetrahedron is the simplest Platonic solid. Mathematicians have now made one that’s stable only on one side, confirming a ...

A new study introduces choice engineering—a powerful new way to guide decisions using math instead of guesswork. By applying carefully designed mathematical models, researchers found they could ...