Numberphile revived an ancient multiplication trick—halves and doubles—also called Egyptian or Russian math, where you ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

Range balls don’t spin much. This is key. Low spin means low punishment. You can deliver the club a little from the outside, ...

It’s the rare child who’ll choose an afternoon of math homework over a family vacation. That’s partly because of the negative way that we talk about and teach math, says Chris Emdin, a professor of ...

You probably have a secret stash of "someday" supplies: jars, scraps, boxes and gadgets waiting for the perfect DIY moment ...

From machine learning to voting, the workings of the world demand randomisation, but true sources of randomness are ...

Pluribus episode 8, titled “Charm Offensive,” gets to the heart of this question, as hivemind emissary Zosia (Karolina Wydra) ...

Adding larger numbers in your head is not always easy. If you need to use pen and paper, then the column method is a good way to add. It involves writing one number beneath the other, so that the ...

In] any piece of beautiful mathematics, you almost always find that there is a physical system which actually mirrors the ...

Puzzles are a hands-on way to explore simpler and complex mathematical relationships, for everyone from kids to calculus students.

Have you ever found yourself looking at the insects of the Paleozoic era, including the dragonfly Meganeuropsis permiana with ...