Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

This video shares a lesser-known scientific fact and explains it clearly, offering a thoughtful and informative moment of ...

These skilled manual labourers from a host of “Vishvakarma communities” used their bare hands and simple tools to build so ...

A version of this puzzle originally appeared in the October 1960 issue of Scientific American. What’s the Most Distant Galaxy ...

Students get to share their favorite family recipes and practice their problem-solving strategies in this engaging math project.

In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation ...

Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world.

What’s more, doing maths is often a collaborative endeavour – and can be a great source of fun and fulfilment when people ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

I own a digital 24-hour clock (i.e., a military time clock) that displays in HH:MM format. Each digit uses the standard seven-segment display in which seven lights toggle on or off to form numbers, as ...

In 1914, Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan published a short paper detailing several unusual formulas for calculating ...