Math

Here’s how the new tetrahedron-based design for the “Trionda” soccer ball may affect next year’s big game

In only its second year, the International Logic Olympiad is already booming as logic becomes more and more crucial in our ever changing world

The Langlands program has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up new worlds for them to explore

A 72 percent reduction in federal funding is devastating to math research. The American Mathematical Society is offering $1 million in backstop grants—but it’s likely not enough

Why do computers only work with the numbers 0 and 1? There are machines that process three digits with more efficiency than you might expect

In principle, this impossible math allows for a glue-free bridge of stacked blocks that can stretch across the Grand Canyon—and into infinity

Surprising new work bucks 50 years of assumptions about the trade-offs between computation space and time

Later this year a tiny rover will carry out an unusual lunar task

In the early 20th century, a mathematician and economist sought the optimal strategy for Holmes to escape Moriarty’s pursuit

As the first trained Black TV meteorologist, June Bacon-Bercey always worked to help women and people of color to follow in her footsteps

Puzzle out the sequence of numbers that fill these polygons

Using a notion called integer partitions, mathematicians have discovered a new way to detect prime numbers while also connecting two areas of math in an unexpected way