Mathematics

All of statistics and much of science depends on probability—an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is

Making cookies is time- and labor-intensive. Here’s how a little math can make it easier and less wasteful this holiday season

The proof that the Apéry constant is irrational remains one of the most bizarre events in the history of mathematics

Transport the disks in this math puzzle

A mathematician has calculated the ideal shape for a beer glass to keep the liquid inside as cool as possible

Unsolvable problems, many-dimensional wheels and new prime numbers are among new mathematical discoveries this year

Physicists have described a system that requires an incomputable number to fully understand, another example of the provably unprovable puzzles of mathematics

AI-human collaboration could possibly achieve superhuman greatness in mathematics

Mathematicians have found a new kind of shape with connections to nature and art

How are these numbers organized?

The unexpected discovery of a geometric phase shows how math and physics are tightly intertwined

The discovery of a new prime number highlights the rising price of mathematical gold