Baez called for the development of new mathematics — he called it “green” math — to better capture the workings of Earth’s biosphere and climate. For his part, he sought to apply category theory, a ...

After outgrowing its original home, the National Museum of Mathematics has added new exhibits and an art gallery space in ...

A straightforward conjecture about runners moving around a track turns out to be equivalent to many complex mathematical ...

Mathematics often feels straightforward, yet some results challenge the way people instinctively think about numbers. Certain paradoxes and probability problems produce answers that seem impossible at ...

Like physics, math has its own set of “fundamental particles”—the prime numbers, which can’t be broken down into smaller ...

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Until recently, governments could postpone these choices by borrowing on convenient terms. But now, unprecedented debt levels and higher borrowing costs have raised the stakes. At the same time, ...

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Despite its dramatic name, Humanity’s Last Exam is not meant to signal the end of human importance. Instead, it highlights ...

In Mathematics, there are no shortcuts to understanding, but there are definitely smarter paths to scoring well.