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

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

Anyone who thinks a family holiday – one with a fairly well-behaved almost-three-year-old son, and a fairly well behaved ...

From cancer-resistant mole rats to 200-year-old whales, evolution has equipped long-lived species with unique biological ...

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

The new, 1960s-set movie follows the Fantastic Four — Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), Ben Grimm ...

I arrived in Toronto this fall, as many do each year, intending to spend most of my stay huddled inside a frigid movie ...

Before we had fancy weather apps and meteorologists pointing at smart screens (that they get wrong just as often as they are ...

The BBC has denied claims that the Strictly Come Dancing results show could be on the chopping block due to persistent leaks, ...

A mole often has a fresh element; here, that’s a tomato and onion. There’s typically fat or oil of some sort. Chiles are an essential ingredient, and though most moles call for more than one type, and ...