If you are a math teacher in 2025, you have likely had The Conversation in the faculty lounge. It usually goes something like this:"I assigned a worksheet on qu ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

Albert Einstein encountered a curious math puzzle involving an old car on a hill. The problem, seemingly simple, highlighted ...

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In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.

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Swami Vivekananda, a remarkable spiritual leader and a great philosopher, has inspired millions with his down-to-earth wisdom ...

For four decades, a quiet boundary in pure mathematics kept a powerful theorem locked inside the safe world of finite quantities. Now a new result known as Sebestyen’s theorem has pushed that boundary ...

A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.

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Clint Bentley, Hikari, Noah Oppenheim and Will Tracy round out this year’s conversation highlighting some of the Oscar ...

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