The Kakeya set—named for its discoverer Sōichi Kakeya—was complicated by a subsequent mathematician named Abram Samoilovitch ...

Mathematicians have long been captivated by the elusive and random nature of prime numbers. Now, they say, prime numbers can ...

The Times Opinion columnist discusses religion and belief — at this moment in our politics and in our lives more generally.

A baffling mindtwister requires outside-of-the-box thinking and keen pattern-identifying skills to get to the bottom of it.

A new study shows that like humans, crows can recognize geometric regularity, making them the first nonhuman animal known to have this ability.

Here comes the NFL Draft, and in case anyone forgot, Notre Dame is historically the greatest college football program in the ...

Fans can catch the show's swan song airing on CBS on Monday, April 28, at 8:30 p.m. ET.

As the chaotic and eventful day comes to a close and the economic ground continues to shift rapidly, here are 25 numbers that ...

Digital learning has become the norm in education, but evaluating its effectiveness remains a challenge. In K-12 settings, ...

Meanwhile, Harvard University President Alan Garber spoke out for the first time since the university sued the White House.

In "The Cult of Creativity," Samuel Franklin excavates the surprisingly recent history of an idea, an ideal, and an ideology.

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