This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to audio speakers. Oh, and without it we’d live in eternal darkness.

Tipping points in our climate predictions are both wildly dramatic and wildly uncertain. Can mathematicians make them useful?

High-achieving women pushing for career success often pay a hidden price—like job burnout and strained relationships. The Net ...

Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole.

The Racial Justice in Early Math project aims to educate teachers and provide resources to help educators combat racial bias in math instruction. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The ...

In a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a microbe does something that life shouldn’t be able to: It breathes oxygen and ...

The Knights of Columbus Kingston Council #275 is sponsoring a citizenship essay for grades 8-12. The topic is “out of the 267 ...

After a recent tweet targeting Zohran Mamdani, Fox News is under fire for seemingly coining the term “woke math,” sparking ...

Policymakers and automakers are debating the slope of a single line on a chart that will shape India’s fuel economy norms from 2027 onwards. At stake: the future of small cars, SUVs, and trucks.

Many philosophers and scientists have pondered if we live in a simulated universe, and University of Portsmouth scientist ...

In the unassuming town of Smithfield, North Carolina, there’s a burger sanctuary that’s turning sweet potatoes into objects of devotion. Barley and Burger Smashed isn’t just another roadside ...