Sometime in late 1780s, a math teacher in an elementary school in Brunswick, Germany, asked his students to add up the numbers from 1 to 100 to keep them occupied for a while so he could attend to ...

Challenge your IQ with this Colourful Optical Illusion Hidden-Object Puzzle. Spot the hidden number zero in seconds and test your vision, observation, and problem-solving skills today.

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

Using a relatively young theory, a team of mathematicians has started to answer questions whose roots lie at the very beginning of mathematics.

Axiom Math, which has recruited top talent from Meta, has raised $64 million in seed funding to build an AI math whiz.

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...

The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.

A multi-year decline in uptake of Chinese studies is raising fears the nation is losing much-needed China expertise, prompting a government review.

The d-wave quantum computer is making a lot of noise in 2025, and honestly, it’s not just hype. For years, people talked about quantum computers as if they were some far-off dream. Now, with D-Wave’s ...