Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show ...

Sunday's game vs. Arizona begins a two-week round-robin of games in the NFC West, and two wins would put the Seahawks in ...

New research sheds light on a cross-shaped pit found at Aguada Fénix, a monumental complex discovered several years ago ...

Researchers from Skoltech, the University of Potsdam, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a ...

For over a decade, mathematicians have failed to agree whether a 500-page proof is actually correct. Now, translating the ...

Luis Buñuel injected his masterful Mexican melodrama Él with just enough uncanniness to poison its lead's mind.

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.

Do you need to fairly allocate players to teams, or sort out a pot of badly brewed coffee? Katie Steckles has a mathematical ...