It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

An associate dean at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has publicly called former President Donald Trump a racist and ...

Alongside TIFR, the other inaugural partners are Imperial College London, the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton University), Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (France), and the Simons Ins ...

We've been studying them for millennia, so how far have we come?

If the recent news of a new mathematics and statistics curriculum for years 0–10 felt familiar, that's because it was.

It took a long time for zero to be recognised as a number at all, let alone one of the most powerful ones – but now it’s ...

NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Bridgewater Associates' main macro funds posted healthy gains in the third quarter, with its flagship Pure Alpha fund recording an 8.1% gain, aided by a robust quarter for ...

Beyond the Ivy League, several US universities offer exceptional mathematics programs. Institutions like MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Caltech, University of Chicago, and Georgia Tech provide rigorous ...

In South Africa, a trend of dwindling enrollment in Pure Mathematics at high school is emerging as many learners opt for Mathematical Literacy. Some believe this is troubling as it could threaten the ...

Imagine knowing that the stock market will likely crash in three years, that extreme weather will destroy your home in eight or that you will have a debilitating disease in 15—but that you can take ...

Mathematics was not invented by one man, but rather a great tale of the human search for understanding and explanation of the world. It developed over time, influenced by countless cultures and great ...