MathematicsNovember 29, 2024
Math and Physics Can’t Prove All Truths
Physicists have described a system that requires an incomputable number to fully understand, another example of the provably unprovable puzzles of mathematics
Mathematics
MathematicsNovember 22, 2024
Mathematicians’ Newest Assistants Are Artificially Intelligent
AI-human collaboration could possibly achieve superhuman greatness in mathematics
$0 for Digital Access
Read all the stories you want.
MathematicsNovember 19, 2024
Mathematicians Discover a New Kind of Shape That’s All over Nature
Mathematicians have found a new kind of shape with connections to nature and art
MathematicsNovember 19, 2024
Math Puzzle: Find the Secret System
How are these numbers organized?
MathematicsNovember 12, 2024
How Geometry Revealed Quantum Memory
The unexpected discovery of a geometric phase shows how math and physics are tightly intertwined
OpinionNovember 1, 2024
Record-Breaking Prime Number, 41 Million Digits Long, Blows Mathematicians’ Minds
The discovery of a new prime number highlights the rising price of mathematical gold
MathematicsOctober 29, 2024
Math and Puzzle Fans Find Magic in Martin Gardner’s Legacy
Scientific American columnist Martin Gardner started a long mathematical conversation that continues today
MathematicsOctober 15, 2024
Math Puzzle: Play Architect with These Houses of Cards
Can this house of cards be built?
MathematicsOctober 10, 2024
The ‘Stable Marriage Problem’ Solution Underpins Dating Apps and School Admissions
An elegant matchmaking algorithm called Gale-Shapley can find the best possible pairings for everybody
MathematicsOctober 9, 2024
A Century-Old Question Is Still Revealing Answers in Fundamental Math
Mathematicians have made lots of recent progress on a question called the Mordell conjecture, which was posed a century ago
MathematicsOctober 1, 2024
How Mathematicians Wrestled with the Biggest Controversy in the Field
A surprisingly simple concept shook the foundations of mathematics
MathematicsSeptember 19, 2024
The Strange Story of the Algorithm Meant to Solve Life, the Universe and Everything
Some researchers dream of solving all mysteries with a common method—but a mathematical paradox may keep such solutions out of reach