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Is mathematics woven into the very fabric of reality? Or is it merely a product of the human mind?

We bake pies for Pi Day, so why not celebrate other mathematical achievements.

With a record-setting $1.9 billion jackpot, you'd think it's a no-brainer to buy a Powerball ticket. But the math truly shows otherwise.

Those that were the best at math didn't even show income satiation — there was no upper limit to how much money could make them happy.

The space‑specific neurons in the owl’s specialized auditory brain can do advanced math.

Math can explain why your laces spontaneously come untied — and how to stop it.

This network physicist is mapping the world's most significant data to create the most beautiful visualizations of information we have ever seen.

Does it have a deeper significance — or is it just a number?

It's the best-known transcendental number of all-time, and March 14 (3/14 in many countries) is the perfect time to celebrate Pi (π) Day!

How can you maximize the amount of love and happiness in your life? One of history's greatest scientists found the answer: with math.

Math offers good evidence that humans can solve any problem — as long as there’s money in it.

Michio Kaku believes math is the mind of God.

It's spooky, and it's happening all around us. And inside us.

A person saved is a person earned.

Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.

If you can model anything in the Universe with an equation, mathematics is how you get the solution(s). Physics must go a step further.

The game of Plinko perfectly illustrates chaos theory. Even with indistinguishable initial conditions, the outcome is always uncertain.

The solution involves the infamous Navier-Stokes equations, which are so difficult, there is a $1-million prize for solving them.

Spend well, save well, live well.

A new brain imaging study explored how different levels of the brain's excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters are linked to math abilities.

A researcher explains a little-known niche within modern physics: animal collective behavior.

Parity tasks (such as odd and even categorisation) are considered abstract and high-level numerical concepts in humans.

Intellectual humility demands that we examine our motivations for holding certain beliefs.

It's simpler, more compact, and reusable from year-to-year in a way that no other calendar is. Here's both how it works and how to use it.

Probability, lacking solid theoretical foundations and burdened with paradoxes, was jokingly called the “theory of misfortune.”

Pizzanomics isn't an official field of research, but it can save you big money.

We're used to scientists telling us about the math and physics behind astronomical events. But what does studying space make us feel?

Travel half the distance to your destination, and there's always another half to go. Despite Zeno's Paradox, you always arrive right on time.

The authors call it "wildly theoretical" — but let's take a look, anyway.

Mathematics and religion both embody awe-inspiring, eternal truths.