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Jørgen Veisdal, Medium: The Riemann Hypothesis, explained In loving memory of John Forbes Nash Jr. You remember prime numbers, right...

Photo : Srinivasa Ramanujan. Wikiedia Cosmos: Ramanujan – a humble maths genius Ramanujan’s extraordinary mathematical ability has be...

The mathematician behind the study has created a website which uses colour patterns to show number combinations which are more likely to ...

Shouryya Ray German Teen Solves 300-Year-Old Mathematical Riddle Posed By Sir Isaac Newton -- FOX News DRESDEN, Germany – A German 16-year-...

How 17 Equations Changed The World -- Brain Pickings What Descartes has to do with C. P. Snow and the second law of thermodynamics. When leg...

1,000 Years Of Maths... Via An App: IBM Creates A (Very Long) iPad Timeline History Of Geeks' Favourite Subject -- Daily Mail To celebra...

From afar, Richard Feynman seemed as dangerous as plutonium (Image: CERN/SPL) From New Scientist: THE physicist Richard Feynman said, "...

Pythagoras, from a 1920s textbook. Photograph: © Blue Lantern Studio/Corbis From The Guardian: Alex Bellos selects the maths geniuses whose ...

Photo: Grigory Perelman. From New Scientist: A million-dollar prize for solving one of toughest problems in mathematics has been awarded to...

"We've long had a problem convincing US youngsters to embrace mathematics in school," says Bukiet. "Studying how math app...

The signature of a mathematical structure called E8 has been seen in the real world for the first time (Illustration: Claudio Rocchini under...

From The BBC: A computer scientist claims to have computed the mathematical constant pi to nearly 2.7 trillion digits, some 123 billion more...

Image: iStockphoto From Discover Magazine: New research suggests that math has evolved its way right into our neurons—and monkeys', too...

Maths makes it: genetic breeding yields a better class of carrot From The Telegraph: Whether you’re searching for oil, the lost chord or a b...

The 3-4-5 triangle has area 6. (Credit: Image courtesy of American Institute of Mathematics) From Science Daily: Mathematicians from North ...

ZERO IN: The number zero developed in fits and starts over thousands of years. ©iStockphoto/dbuffoon From Scientific American: Much ado abou...

From Times Online: Mathematicians, and the laws of probability, can tell you whether to have a flutter, or keep hold of your money. Let’s st...

From Live Science: CHICAGO - The first mathematical use of the concept of actual infinity has been pushed back some 2,000 years via a new an...

Big Primes, Small Numbers, Sarah Palin and the Financial Crisis -- ABC News Mathematics Figures in Recent News Stories This month's ...