mathematics
Scientists Are Creating 'Synthetic Dimensions' to Probe Limits of 4D Reality
Synthetic dimensions provide a way to mimic higher dimensions within the confines of four-dimensional spacetime.
This Ancient Tablet Is the Earliest Known Example of Applied Geometry
Dating back 3,700 years to Old Babylon, the artifact reveals a form of proto-trigonometry that predates Pythagoras by more than 1,000 years.
Machines Are Inventing New Math We've Never Seen
Pushing the boundaries of math requires great minds to pose fascinating problems. What if a machine could do it? Now, scientists created one that can.
'Math Anxiety' Is Real, and Your Teachers Are Probably to Blame
Adults have an impact on students' math anxiety, but that can change.
Honey Bees Are the First Insect Known to Grasp the Concept of Zero
By giving bees visual math quizzes, scientists discovered that these insects know a null set when they see one.
The Forgotten Female Codebreaker Who Helped America Defeat the Nazis
Elizebeth Smith Friedman broke Nazi Enigma machines and busted South American spy rings before being written out of history by powerful men. A new biography aims to change all that.
Mathematicians Race to Debunk German Man Who Claimed to Solve One of the Most Important Computer Science Questions of Our Time
Norbert Blum's solution for the infamous 'P vs NP' problem "passes many filters of seriousness," but does it hold up?
Mathematicians Race to Debunk German Man Who Claimed to Solve One of the Most Important Computer Science Questions of Our Time
Norbert Blum's solve for the infamous 'P vs NP' problem "passes many filters of seriousness," but does it hold up?
Meet the Artists Who Want the "Pi Project" to Become the Biggest Installation in the World
Chris Klapper and Patrick Gallagher’s 'Pi Project' will see them track, over decades and across the globe, a near endless series of sculptures based on pi’s numerical sequence.
Mathematician Proposes Blocking Tsunamis with Sound Waves
Whether or not we could ever engineer such a thing is uncertain.
Slick Alien-Horned 3D Sculptures Seem to Spin Forever
‘BLOOMS 2’ is here to entice, astonish, and make you excited about math.
Zaha Hadid Team Turns Airflow into Architecture
A new mathematics gallery at London's Science Museum is the first permanent exhibition space designed by the late Zaha Hadid.