Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t ...

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

A research team led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a method to accurately and ...

A remarkable manuscript bound in furry seal skin has emerged as potentially Norway's oldest surviving book, offering unprecedented insights into medieval Christian life in Scandinavia. The eight-page ...

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

Discover the list of 9 most famous mathematicians in history. Learn about Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, whose ideas shaped ...

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.

On Octo, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law another first-of-its-kind, California state-law attempt at ...

Nobel Laureate Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan stressed the importance of sound scientific communication in the current climate ...