Mental math shortcuts suggest future STEM performance—and gender is a significant predictor What is 29 + 14?

What you’ll get is a pretty good estimate of the irrational number pi (3.14159...). To celebrate Pi Day this year, here are three ways to estimate pi using random chance that you can try out at home.

A straightforward conjecture about runners moving around a track turns out to be equivalent to many complex mathematical questions. Three new proofs mark the first significant progress on the problem ...

We took Andy Weir to a science museum and watched him nerd out with an astrophysicist and about making "Project Hail Mary" ...

David Cutler is in the spotlight for his work on a tasty-sounding mathematics problem. In January, the New York Times featured a research paper authored by Cutler and Neil Sloane, the founder of The ...

Saturday is Pi Day, a national celebration of the mathematical concept, which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its ...

In this simulation, 66 of the 100 needles crossed a line (you can count ’em). Using this number, we get a value of pi at ...

Underdogs went 10-6 against the spread on Thursday, including six outright wins, leading to some big spreads for Saturday's ...

There isn't a universal answer if you ask whether you should downsize your home in retirement. Here's a closer look to ...

This year’s Abel Prize, an annual lifetime achievement award for mathematics that is bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of ...

If you think a mileage tax sounds extreme, consider this: it’s already being tested, phased in, or actively studied across ...