Short-term memory is finite and fills up quickly. Here are 7 ways we can free up space for clearer-headed mathematical ...

Math has a certain logic to it. If you use it to accurately describe a situation, sometimes you can predict the inevitable — for instance, the moment an eclipse will take place — centuries in advance.

For thousands of years, philosophers have pondered cardinality: knowing “how many.” Using a series of crude estimates, the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes worked out the approximate number of ...

In 1852 mathematician Francis Guthrie asked a seemingly simple question that triggered endless dispute, left a trail of overturned publications in its wake and culminated in a resolution that has ...

Mathematicians have solved a 32-year-old problem. They found what is known as the ninth Dedekind number, the latest in a set of numbers that follow a very specific set of rules. The last Dedekind ...

Because I’m an investor, I receive an inordinate number of pitches from companies seeking funding. Like CORPUS, the Netherlands-based 9-story, 135-foot human-shaped structure that offers an ...

Playing board games such as Chutes and Ladders can help young children get better at math, according to a new study. The format of number-based games helps improve counting, addition and the ability ...

Mathematicians thought they were on the cusp of proving a conjecture about the ancient structures known as Apollonian circles. But a summer project would lead to its downfall. Summer Haag and Clyde ...

The Mayor’s Management Report, a trove of statistics about crime rates, public health and many other issues, arrived at the tail end of Mayor Eric Adams’s re-election campaign.