Peter Badge. Mathematics often feels like a collection of isolated islands. Each one operates with its own rules, and building bridges between them is notoriously difficult. Today, the Norwegian ...

Gerd Faltings, a number theorist at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany, has won the 2026 Abel Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, the Norwegian Academy of ...

Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.

Every year, math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day on March 14, a date whose digits represent the first ...

In this simulation, 66 of the 100 needles crossed a line (you can count ’em). Using this number, we get a value of pi at 3.0303—which is not 3.14—but it's not terrible for just 100 needles. With ...

Six-time USA Memory champion Nelson Dellis has memorized hundreds of digits of pi. He has tips for how to improve your memory.

Scammers are reviving the wrong number scam, using text messages to trick people into engaging with them and potentially revealing personal information.The Federal Trade Commission says as many as 98% ...

Introduction Adolescent e-cigarette use, globally and within Australia, has increased in recent years. In response, public health agencies have called for the development of education and ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is celebrating “a significant milestone,” announcing that it completed a record number of key element extractions integral to nuclear weapons ...

Pickering emulsion is a surfactant-free emulsion that is stabilized by solid particles. While Pickering emulsion is also utilized as a drug-releasing control system, these solid particles help reduce ...

At the heart of Netflix's "Stranger Things" is a girl with a "011" tattoo on her wrist. Her name is Jane, but she is almost always called Eleven. Though unusual, it's not out of the question for ...

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