Gerd Faltings, a number theorist at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany, has won the 2026 Abel Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, the Norwegian Academy of ...

Gerd Faltings shocked mathematicians around the world for his 1983 proof of the Mordell conjecture, which brought together ...

Let’s say you somehow manage to sleep through all of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s March Madness and wake up ...

Counter to the governor’s claims, Illinois students’ scores on a national assessment have dropped despite more education ...

Some numbers are useful. Some are famous. And then there is pi, a number so absurdly powerful that humanity has spent ...

Divide any circle’s circumference by its diameter and you get pi. But what, exactly, are its digits? Measuring physical ...

Making a bracket is easy: too easy, and so I'm here to tell you how to do it right. Because your bracket can't just be right: it has to be beautiful ...

Opinion column written by PLP Senator Mischa Fubler] There’s a pattern worth naming. In October, I listened to OBA MPs and ...

There's a pattern worth naming. In October, I listened to OBA MPs and Senators voice explicit support for the Loren (Pink Beach and Elbow Beach) Bill in both the House of Assembly and the Senate.

The nicest car in the parking lot doesn't always belong to the person with the most money—sometimes it belongs to the person ...

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Although their numbers are few, women luthiers are making their mark and providing skilled work in Israel.