For Mr. Santos, math can also inspire ideas about structures that have already been built — a new way to see and appreciate the world. Inspired by this idea, The New York Times created a virtual tour ...

It’s the theorem every mathematician believes in — yet no one can prove it. For decades, the brightest minds have tried and failed to explain why something so clearly true sits forever beyond reach.

PETALING JAYA: Soon, Malaysians will pay less at the pump for RON95 - a development they have been waiting for since the Prime Minister's announcement two months ago. In July, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim ...

Knowing how many calories you burned on a run isn’t required. Calorie-counting can foster a complicated—and sometimes unhealthy—relationship with food and exercise. When you go for a run, you know you ...

Gross margin measures the percentage of revenue after direct costs are subtracted. Calculating gross margin involves subtracting COGS from revenue and dividing by total revenue. High gross margin ...

An eon ago, when only microbes dwelled on Earth, a pair of black holes some 1.3 billion light-years beyond the solar system spiraled toward each other until they crashed. The two became one big black ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about the Pascaline -- a 17th-century invention credited as the first mechanical calculator.

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Discovery joins a list of the greatest hits of the LIGO detector, which ten years ago became the first to detect gravitational waves. The songs of the cosmos, now that we can finally hear them, might ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...