Geometry is packed with terminology that precisely describes the way various points, lines, surfaces and other dimensional elements interact with one another. Sometimes they are ridiculously ...

The grandest project in mathematics has received a rare gift, in the form of a mammoth 350-page paper posted in February that will change the way researchers around the world investigate some of the ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Paul Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University and the chief scientist at COSI ...