Leah Libresco Sargeant argues that we need to better acknowledge human need and vulnerability, and that valuing women “as ...

Digital anthropologist Dr Payal Arora, Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures at Utrecht University, speaks to Ahram Online about ...

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For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

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A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

A factor is a number which divides into another number, without leaving a remainder. Factors should be whole, positive numbers. Factors always come in pairs. This pair will always multiply together to ...

Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of ...