Could electric brain stimulation lead to better maths skills?

A new study shows painless brain stimulation technique may improve people’s ability to learn maths skills.

Roi Cohen Kadosh, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Surrey • conversation
yesterday • ~7 min

Prime numbers, the building blocks of mathematics, have fascinated for centuries − now technology is revolutionizing the search for them

Today, people use complex computing networks to search for prime numbers with millions of digits. But early mathematicians were running these calculations by hand.

Jeremiah Bartz, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of North Dakota • conversation
May 30, 2025 • ~9 min

Is the pope a mathematician? Yes, actually – and his training may help him grapple with the infinite

Before becoming the pope, Robert Prevost gained a degree in mathematics.

Balthasar Grabmayr, Junior Professor of Philosophy, University of Tübingen • conversation
May 15, 2025 • ~7 min

Algebra is more than alphabet soup – it’s the language of algorithms and relationships

What do Sudoku, AI, Rubik’s cubes, clocks and molecules have in common? They can all be reimagined as algebraic equations.

Courtney Gibbons, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Hamilton College • conversation
May 15, 2025 • ~10 min

Taking a leap of faith into imaginary numbers opens new doors in the real world through complex analysis

Mathematicians once turned up their noses at imaginary numbers. But complex analysis actually simplifies math and physics.

William Ross, Professor of Mathematics, University of Richmond • conversation
March 10, 2025 • ~6 min

Man wants to search dump for lost hard drive with bitcoin fortune – here are his odds of finding it

If you only search in one location. there’s only a one in 143 billion chance of finding the hard drive.

Craig Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Glasgow • conversation
Feb. 27, 2025 • ~7 min

What’s the shape of the universe? Mathematicians use topology to study the shape of the world and everything in it

Topologists categorize all the possible shapes in each dimension.

John Etnyre, Professor of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
Feb. 26, 2025 • ~7 min

Art and science illuminate the same subtle proportions in tree branches

Artists and scientists explore how we subconsciously perceive subtle proportions in trees.

Mitchell Newberry, Research Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Michigan • conversation
Feb. 11, 2025 • ~8 min

Mandelbrot’s fractals are not only gorgeous – they taught mathematicians how to model the real world

Before the maverick French-American came along, the geometry used by mathematicians out of step with reality.

Polina Vytnova, Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Surrey • conversation
Nov. 22, 2024 • ~7 min

Mandelbrot’s fractals are not just gorgeous – they taught mathematicians how to model the real world

Before the maverick French-American came along, the geometry used by mathematicians out of step with reality.

Polina Vytnova, Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Surrey • conversation
Nov. 22, 2024 • ~7 min

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