Pi Day (March 14) is a day of global mathematical celebration, but it’s not the only numerically significant calendar date.

For centuries, students have learned that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Known as the Pythagorean Theorem, this ...

The president of the Palestinian Authority addressed the U.N. General Assembly by video after the U.S. denied him a visa.

For Mr. Santos, math can also inspire ideas about structures that have already been built — a new way to see and appreciate the world. Inspired by this idea, The New York Times created a virtual tour ...

A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.

The latest occurred when I was checking on a hospitalized patient and her mother pulled out her phone. “Doctor, I saw the ...

Professor Bhargava, who teaches at Princeton University, US, emphasised that the numerals 0 to 9 were already in use in India by the 4th century CE.

Pi Day (3/14) often comes with sweet treats; Square Root Day (4/4/16 or 5/5/25, for example) has a certain numerical rhyme.

Meta, Mila-Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, the University of Montreal, and Princeton University have proposed a ...

This Phoenix Mercury run through the regular season is a shocker after the departures of Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi. Next up, the playoffs.

Gary Saul Morson on the Soviet politicization of science.

The Hawkeyes' pressure continued to build at Rutgers, and here's why. Also, a look at four great play calls from Tim Lester in the 38-28 win.