By Islam Salah El Din Some of the things we use every day—whether in the kitchen, at work, or even in how our cities function—have roots that go back thousands of years. The Middle East and North ...

Now, more than 122 years after it was first proposed, Kamata and two other mathematicians have finally proved that a solution with fewer pieces is impossible. Their result was posted to the server ...

Peter Badge / Typos1 / The Abel Prize. This year, the Abel Prize — the field’s highest honor — has been awarded to Masaki ...

Masaki Kashiwara received the honor, often regarded as the Nobel Prize in mathematics, for work that combined different mathematical fields to solve challenging problems.

Archaeologists discovered a 2,200-year-old pyramid structure in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea that featured stones ...

There has been a lot of chatter in parts of the online world this week about the supposed discovery of a hidden complex of ...

Britta Späth has dedicated her career to proving a single, central conjecture. She’s finally succeeded, alongside her partner ...

Critics are once again questioning the efficacy of BMI as a tool for diagnosing obesity, suggesting that a more holistic ...

Tutankhamun ruled ancient Egypt shortly after a period of religious instability, and objects from his tomb suggest he took ...

Some advice for staying healthy may sound familiar. But other recommendations – such as a fig-only diet for athletes – may ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...