Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.

The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...

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

DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve helps solve a math puzzle with Terence Tao, showing how AI can now invent new ideas—and prove old ones ...

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

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 ...

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

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

A standing room only crowd gathered at Mariner’s Church of Detroit Sunday to commemorate the shipwreck's 50th anniversary.

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

That’s how Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, ...