Math – Science News https://www.sciencenews.org INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM SINCE 1921 Thu, 07 May 2026 16:17:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/cropped-favicon.jpg?w=32 Math – Science News https://www.sciencenews.org 32 32 250169482 To understand black holes, physicists turn to a mathematical ‘Rosetta stone’ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-holes-hawking-radiation-double-copy Fri, 08 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3170655 3170655 The Proof in the Code traces efforts to digitally verify mathematical truths https://www.sciencenews.org/article/the-proof-in-the-code-ai-math-book Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3169968 3169968 Math long resisted a digital disruption. AI is poised to change that https://www.sciencenews.org/article/math-disrupted-by-ai-verify-proofs Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3169381 3169381 Huge Numbers tackles mathematics at its most incomprehensibly large https://www.sciencenews.org/article/huge-numbers-book-math-googology Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3168962 3168962 This molecule puts a new twist on the Möbius strip https://www.sciencenews.org/article/molecule-mobius-strip-carbon-chlorine Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3167569 3167569 Why is math harder for some kids? Brain scans offer clues https://www.sciencenews.org/article/kids-brain-scan-mri-learning-disability Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3167213 3167213 Physicists dream up ‘spacetime quasicrystals’ that could underpin the universe https://www.sciencenews.org/article/spacetime-quasicrystals-universe Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166906 3166906 This ancient pottery holds the earliest evidence of humans doing math https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-pottery-math-earliest-evidence Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3165608 3165608 There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap https://www.sciencenews.org/article/math-golf-physics Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:01:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3161926 3161926 See how fractals forever changed math and science https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fractals-math-science-society-50-years Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3158371 3158371 There’s no cheating this random number generator https://www.sciencenews.org/article/no-cheating-random-number-generator Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:03:31 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3155853 3155853 A leaf’s geometry determines whether it falls far from its tree https://www.sciencenews.org/article/leaf-geometry-fall-tree-carbon Tue, 13 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3154550 3154550 The einstein tile rocked mathematics. Meet its molecular cousin https://www.sciencenews.org/article/einstein-tile-molecular-cousin-patterns Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3151100 3151100 Two teenagers have once again proved an ancient math rule https://www.sciencenews.org/article/teenagers-pythagorean-theorem-math Mon, 28 Oct 2024 04:01:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3145413 3145413 This intricate maze connects the dots on quasicrystal surfaces https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hamiltonian-cycle-quasicrystal-maze Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3141809 3141809 Scientists find a naturally occurring molecule that forms a fractal https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bacteria-protein-forms-regular-fractals Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:00:11 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3138557 3138557 How two outsiders tackled the mystery of arithmetic progressions https://www.sciencenews.org/article/arithmetic-progressions-math-order-combinatorics Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3136634 3136634 A predicted quasicrystal is based on the ‘einstein’ tile known as the hat https://www.sciencenews.org/article/quasicrystal-einstein-tile-hat-shape Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3135281 3135281 Here’s how much fruit you can take from a display before it collapses https://www.sciencenews.org/article/physics-fruit-display-collapse Thu, 04 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3134441 3134441 Here are some astounding scientific firsts of 2023 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/science-first-discovery-research-2023 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3133690 3133690