For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...
A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...
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 ...
Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).
The co-stars did not do press together while promoting their film, which is based on Colleen Hoover's 2016 book with the same ...
Stories describing what can happen when science is manipulated or misapplied are among the winners of the 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Winning journalists also did stories on science at ...