Can You Solve the Airplane Fuel Riddle?
Mid-air refueling for the win!
Mid-air refueling for the win!
When it comes to getting the most out of your favorite meals, the hungriest minds in the fields of math and science have got your back.
When it comes to getting the most out of your favorite meals, the hungriest minds in the fields of math and science have got your back.
Math +3D printing + turntable = trippy animation.
Zero is an oddball number.
It's a matter of probability.
This classic math problem can be maddening.
Infuriate your relatives with the power of math.
Sisters Margaret and Christine Wertheim started the Crochet Coral Reef project in 2005 when they learned pollution and global warming may soon completely destroy the Great Barrier Reef in their home country of Australia.
How fast can you alphabetize 1,280 books? See how computer scientists can make the process much faster.
...And how to solve them.
Your morning routine gets quantified by mathematical models.
This one's a stumper.
She was one of the last great thinkers of ancient Alexandria—before she was brutally murdered.
You could be an underwater archaeologist or a flavor technologist.
The theoretical cord wouldn't just break a climber's fall—it would also brake it.
It's one of the game's many unintended consequences.
Researchers say kids who spent five minutes playing a computer game scored significantly higher on math tests afterward.
Prime numbers can be "sexy" if they’re six apart, like 5 and 11—and that's not the only adjective that has a special meaning when applied to numbers.
Some enterprising students decided to find out.
Role-playing games just got a lot more intense.