For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

For over a decade, mathematicians have failed to agree whether a 500-page proof is actually correct. Now, translating the ...

In 60% of races on Tuesday, there was only one option for voters, or for some roles, no candidate at all. Democracy only ...

Mathematicians have broken through a long-standing barrier in the study of “minimizing surfaces,” which play an important ...

A new study has suggested that the idea of our universe being a simulation does not hold up at all, and it’s not because of a ...