If you twist something — say, spin a top or rotate a robot’s arm — and want it to return to its exact starting point, ...

Imagine closing your eyes and rolling a billiards ball across a table. Where it goes; what angles it hits the sides at; how ...

Mathematicians thought that they understood how rotation works, but now a new proof has revealed a surprising twist that ...

Prime numbers, the "atoms of arithmetic," have captivated mathematicians for centuries. These numbers, divisible only by themselves and one, appear deceptively random yet hide intricate patterns.

When I tell someone I am a mathematician, one of the most curious common reactions is: “I really liked math class because everything was either right or wrong. There is no ambiguity or doubt.” I ...

Artists aren’t immune to the strip’s allure. M.C. Escher, the famed graphic artist, incorporated the Möbius Strip in his ...

As the U.S. looks toward the 2018 midterm elections, it's worth noting that hundreds of scientists and other STEM professionals have decided to run for office. As someone with a math background, I ...

Mathematicians have spent more than 2,000 years dissecting the structure of the five Platonic solids—the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, icosahedron, and dodecahedron—but there’s still a lot we don’t ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Busy Beaver number, or BB(n), represents a ...

Math to the rescue! Fourteen mathematicians and biostatisticians have joined forces to help businesses reopen safely. The authors created equations for infectious, quarantined, deceased, recovered, ...

Legal fights over racial and partisan gerrymandering are intensifying and mathematicians think they can help. Specialists in geometry are training to become expert witnesses in redistricting cases ...