Given how much they can actually do, computers have a surprisingly simple basis. Indeed, the logic they use has worked so well that we have even started to think of them as analogous to the human ...

Most of us are unaware of the hidden world of mathematics. Actually, we'd rather avoid the subject entirely. It's difficult and inaccessible. A lot of that has to do with the way we're introduced to ...

Meet the math professor whose algorithm helped make our digital world possible. Meet the math professor whose work helped make our digital world possible. Duke University mathematics professor Ingrid ...

Long before anyone wrote down a number, early villagers were painting flowers with a precision that looks suspiciously like mathematics. Recent analysis of 8,000‑year‑old botanical designs suggests ...

Math, as author and University of Wisconsin professor Jordan Ellenberg writes, may not be the most readily accessible subject in school. When faced with a complex equation a student may ask, “When am ...

Termite mounds are remarkable structures that regulate temperature, balance airflow, and maintain structural stability in some of Earth's harshest climates. And like other irregular, disordered ...