A widely watched measure of news organizations’ median obscurant adumbration hit a year-to-date high of 11.2 in July, a new study has found, a 42% increase from June’s 7.9 measure and the biggest ...

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It’s the advanced algebra of optical illusions. Puzzle lovers are blowing a gasket trying to decipher this numerical eye exam, which can reportedly only be solved by 0.1% of people. The vexing visual ...

In the early 1970s mathematician Donald Knuth spent a sabbatical with his wife in Norway. The time was meant to be spent relaxing. Yet one night he woke up his partner in a state of agitation. He ...

There are many different types of numbers, some of which you may remember from school: natural, rational, irrational, imaginary, calculable and incalculable numbers. Today, however, we are going to ...

The number of earned doctorates awarded by U.S. universities has reached an all-time high, after a pandemic-influenced decline in 2021. The number of research doctorates awarded by U.S. colleges and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A new proof has brought mathematicians one step closer to understanding the hidden order of those “atoms of arithmetic,” the prime ...

Led by Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner, the Connecticut Sun have been one of the most consistent teams in the league for years, in large part because of their defensive prowess. Their 6-0 start this ...