Anyone can grasp the n+1 formula when it comes to cats and litter boxes. Commonly known among veterinarians and cat trainers, this rule of thumb dictates how many litter boxes cat parents ought to ...

Here’s a simple-sounding problem: Imagine a circular fence that encloses one acre of grass. If you tie a goat to the inside of the fence, how long a rope do you need to allow the animal access to ...

A daring speculation offers a potential way forward in one of the great unsolved problems of mathematics: the behavior of the Navier-Stokes equations for fluid flow. In Dr. Seuss’s book “The Cat in ...