Mathematics
Babylonians Used Applied Geometry 1,000 Years Before Pythagoras
Calculations inscribed on a clay tablet helped ancient people document property boundaries, new research suggests
What Data Scientists Learned by Modeling the Spread of Covid-19
Models of the disease have become more complex, but are still only as good as the assumptions at their core and the data that feed them
Inflatable Origami Structures Could Someday Offer Emergency Shelter
An applied mathematics team created origami-inspired tents that can collapse to the size of a twin mattress with ease
A Doomed Arctic Expedition, Number-Free Math and Other New Books to Read
These five January releases may have been lost in the news cycle
See the Most Mind-Bending Optical Illusions of 2020
You can create your own version of the winning design with a free, printable kit
Isaac Newton Thought the Great Pyramid Held the Key to the Apocalypse
Papers sold by Sotheby's document the British scientist's research into the ancient Egyptians and the Bible
The Ten Best STEM Toys to Give as Gifts in 2020
Tested and reviewed by engineers, these top picks make coding, robotics and engineering more accessible than ever
What Is the Best Strategy to Deploy a Covid-19 Vaccine?
Mathematicians are modeling different scenarios for a vaccine rollout to see what may work best
Data Science, Psychology Reveal Why the 'Game of Thrones' Books Are So Riveting
A network model demonstrates how George R.R. Martin's sprawling series remains comprehensible but surprising
How the Alphabet Got Its Order, Malcolm X and Other New Books to Read
These five October releases may have been lost in the news cycle
What Is Math?
A teenager asked that age-old question on TikTok, creating a viral backlash, and then, a thoughtful scientific debate
How a Public Health Campaign in the Warsaw Ghetto Stemmed the Spread of Typhus
A new study shows how life-saving efforts by Jewish doctors helped curb an epidemic during World War II
Did Geometry Guide the Construction of the World's Oldest Temple?
New research suggests the center points of three stone megalith circles at Göbekli Tepe form a near-perfect triangle
Graduate Student Untangles Decades-Old Math Problem in Less Than a Week
Lisa Piccirillo recently published her proof of Conway’s knot problem, a well-known quandry that stumped mathematicians for more than 50 years
The Fibonacci Sequence Is Everywhere—Even the Troubled Stock Market
The curious set of numbers shows up in nature and also in human activities.
How the Mathematical Conundrum Called the 'Knapsack Problem' Is All Around Us
A litany of issues in business, finance, container ship loading and aircraft loading derive from this one simple dilemma
Smithsonian Curators Remember Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician Highlighted in 'Hidden Figures,' Who Died at 101
An African American woman who battled workplace discrimination, Johnson performed crucial calculations to send astronauts into space
The Defiance of Florence Nightingale
Scholars are finding there’s much more to the “lady with the lamp” than her famous exploits as a nurse in the Crimean War
The Mathematics of a Well-Tied Knot
Fibers that change color under pressure helped researchers predict knot performance
The Ten Best STEM Toys to Give as Gifts in 2019
Stretch young learners’ minds with everything from card games to robotic spheres
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