Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

B y any measure, there is an enormous number of programming languages. Some lists contain hundreds, while the Historical ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

Triona McNabb, 34, was admitted to South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen on February 21, 2017, following recurring vomiting, poor appetite, and weight loss which had been ongoing since January. She ...

This exciting project aims to understand the reasons for changes in mussel abundance and distribution, essential to design and develop successful restoration efforts.

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show ...

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...

This fern was already known to be a hyperaccumulator, able to thrive in REE-rich soils in southern China by absorbing the metals. The researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry wanted to ...

There’s a reason we tend to feel sleepy around the same time each night — and why, if we don’t set an alarm, we tend to wake up at the same time in the mornings. As long as we’re not pulling ...

When Malala Yousafzai went to college, the last thing she wanted to talk about was her Nobel Prize or the Taliban attack that ...