The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

Prince Rupert of the Rhine first asked this question in the 17th century, and he soon found out the answer is yes. Later, ...

Can you drill a hole in a cube that an identical cube could fall through? Prince Rupert of the Rhine first asked this ...

In a remarkable development, a human mathematician has achieved what many thought impossible: solving the centuries-old ...

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It took a series of aviation disasters for safety experts to realize the critical role of working memory when pilots and technicians juggle competing tasks. In some cases, technicians made apparently ...

Alfred Nobel's prestigious awards honor many fields but notably exclude mathematics. This has sparked curiosity for years. While popular myths about personal rivalries exist, historical research ...

The best perk of Alberto Maspero’s job, he says, is the view from his window. Situated on a hill above the ancient port city of Trieste, Italy, his office at the International School for Advanced ...

The meme exploded into youth culture with a video of a boy who delivers a giddy “six seven” at a basketball game. CAM WILDER The name of this fall’s most obnoxious classmate: Six Seven. Math teacher ...

When Pope Francis died in April on Easter Monday, the news triggered not only an outpouring of mourners but also a centuries-old tradition shrouded in secrecy: the papal conclave. Two weeks later 133 ...

If you’ve already binged through Netflix’s Alice in Borderland season 3, you’re probably wondering if you could solve the math problems and trivia questions that were thrown into game 2, Sacred ...