Mathematician Kevin Buzzard of Imperial College London is training computers how to prove one of the most famous problems in math history: Fermat’s last theorem. Resolving the problem isn’t the point.

Mathematics is a language. It is universal, structured and exact,” Vestal said. “Like any language, it has vocabulary, ...

Backlogs in distributed systems are arithmetic problems, not mysteries. This article provides practical formulas for ...

As the Trump administration guts weather agencies, a state’s low-cost flood tracking system offers a model for responding to ...

'Mortal Kombat II,' starring Karl Urban, Tati Gabrielle, and Adeline Rudolph, will be released in theaters on May 8, 2026.

The board you buy today is smaller than the one it replaced — by design.

Recent statements concerning US pharmaceutical pricing have drawn renewed attention to an entirely new horizon in mathematics. The method, associated with remarks by Donald Trump and repeated by ...

We teach the wrong math, tested in the wrong way, writes Ted Dintersmith.

Efforts to use the tech to customize lessons to students' individual interest demonstrate its potential—and the shortcomings.

Frank Merle is used to confronting a messy world. He works on the mathematics of highly nonlinear systems—ones that respond in dramatic, unpredictable ways to even the smallest changes. It’s the same ...

The key to improving math outcomes isn’t a new program — it’s transforming how teachers understand and teach the subject.

Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most original problems. Those booklets get shared among delegations, then quietly ...