Believe it or not, highway numbers actually make sense. Here's the logic behind odd and even routes, and why the system isn't ...

The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality itself, researchers argue.

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

In a world dominated by algorithms, it's common to associate them with a negative bias. Mathematician Clara Grima defends ...

Emotions constitute a fundamental area of inquiry in psychological science, reflecting their pervasive influence on cognition, behavior, and interpersonal ...

The name of this fall’s most obnoxious classmate: Six Seven. Math teacher Cara Bearden braces herself for any equation that yields the two numbers, knowing her students will immediately scream them ...

The meme exploded into youth culture with a video of a boy who delivers a giddy “six seven” at a basketball game. CAM WILDER The name of this fall’s most obnoxious classmate: Six Seven. Math teacher ...

The program has experienced six of its ten three-game losing streaks from the past 44 years during Norvell's tenure. While Norvell improved recruiting and restored national relevance in 2023, this ...

No one won the Powerball jackpot in the Wednesday, Oct. 8, drawing. The winning numbers for the Oct. 8 drawing were 8, 10, 44, 48, 54, and the Powerball was 14. The Powerball jackpot has now grown to ...

HOUSTON — Houston firefighters responded to an apartment fire Tuesday evening in the Spring Branch area. According to Houston Fire Department dispatch, the call came in around 5:24 p.m. for a fire on ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...