The number 1729 may look ordinary, but a casual remark by Srinivasa Ramanujan turned it into a mathematical legend, symbolising insight, intuition, and the friendship that reshaped number theory ...

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

In 1867, Lord Kelvin imagined atoms as knots in the aether. The idea was soon disproven. Atoms turned out to be something ...

Literature has given us countless tales of intrigue, but some of the most captivating mysteries aren’t found within the pages ...

A mix of technology and politics has given an unprecedented boost to once-fringe ideas—but they are pretty much the same ...

Last week, I spoke to a group of HR leaders at a financial services organization about practices to increase resilience among their teams. At lunch, I sat at a table with some of the participants, and ...

A trio of scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” a form of ...

Much of the way math is taught was developed before we had neuroscientific insight into how the brain actually learns.

The 2025 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize will be awarded to Dr. Alexander Smith of Northwestern University, United States of America. The annual $10,000 prize is awarded for outstanding contributions by ...

In 1893, after deliberating for a mere hour, the (all-male, white, protestant) jury unanimously decided that 32-year-old ...

It gives offenders a 50-50 chance of avoiding the consequences of their criminal capers, and if they pick their offence carefully, the odds are even tastier. If you commit a robbery, for example, ...

A mysterious phenomenon took place in southeastern Idaho in 1975 when dozens of cattle were being found mutilated. The story ...