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.

“One to One: John & Yoko” premieres Nov. 14 on HBO after a theatrical release and festival run. Its appeal isn’t just the ...

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...

Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...

String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply ...

Marijn Heule turns mathematical statements into something like Sudoku puzzles, then has computers go to work on them. His ...

Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.

The deluge of wanting to share feelings needs forums and encouragement to actualize our interdependence without competition, ...

DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve helps solve a math puzzle with Terence Tao, showing how AI can now invent new ideas—and prove old ones ...

Joe Barnby describes how a simple game uncovers the way humans make sense of a complicated social world, and what it means when that ability goes awry.

In 60% of races on Tuesday, there was only one option for voters, or for some roles, no candidate at all. Democracy only ...