Researchers documented the activity of neurons that shape directional navigation as bats explored a remote island off the ...

Alexander Bobenko has spent the past 20 years chewing on mathematical doughnuts. In the 2000s, he tried to prove that compact ...

The math of data structures helps us understand how different storage systems come with different trade-offs between ...

Almost anytime physicists announce that they’ve discovered a new particle, whether it’s the Higgs boson or the recently bagged double-charm tetraquark, what they’ve actually spotted is a small bump ...

In an unprecedented step, researchers crafted a detailed model compatible with the universe’s accelerated expansion.

The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...

A $1 million prize awaits anyone who can show where the math of fluid flow breaks down. With specially trained AI systems, ...

Supergenes that lock inherited traits together are widespread in nature. Recent work shows that their blend of genetic benefits and risks for species can be complex. Thousands of miles from home in ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better.

In 1917, the Japanese mathematician Sōichi Kakeya posed what at first seemed like nothing more than a fun exercise in geometry. Lay an infinitely thin, inch-long needle on a flat surface, then rotate ...