Sometimes the smartest answer isn’t the most technical one. This collection highlights ingenious fixes that cut through ...

At first glance, the problem seems ridiculously simple. And yet experts have been searching for a solution in vain for decades. According to mathematician Jeffrey Lagarias, number theorist Shizuo ...

Most of the important discoveries in mathematics take place after decades or centuries of effort. If you want to attack the biggest problems, you’ll need to master a lot of highly technical material ...

SAN FRANCISCO — When faced with simple math problems, people who get jittery about the subject may rely more heavily on certain brain circuitry than math-savvy people do. The different mental approach ...

Ever been stuck in an endless meeting? Source: Ryan McGuire/Gratisography Ever been stuck in an endless meeting? The kind that makes you want to bang your head against a wall and (even though you ...

If you talk to people who’ve come from the provinces and backwaters to the big city, there’s one thing they all complain about: the transportation. This story is the first of a series of 10 articles ...

Part of the beauty of mathematics is that seemingly simple patterns lead to much more complicated questions and theories. The Collatz conjecture, which is the subject of a new video from YouTube ...

Ever been stuck in an endless meeting? Source: Ryan McGuire/Gratisography Ever been stuck in an endless meeting? The kind that makes you want to bang your head against a wall and (even though you ...