There is a rule in mathematics that feels so obvious it barely seems worth stating. Yet accepting it leads to objects with no size, spheres that duplicate themselves, and sets that cannot be measured ...

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A new study publishing in Current Biology on September 18 reveals that dogs with a vocabulary of toy names—known as Gifted Word Learners—can extend learned labels to entirely new objects, not because ...

Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000. This is the kind of math riddle you can work out with times tables, or by simple logic. First, get as close to 1,000 as you can (888). From there, it’s easy to ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

This film discusses the concept of functions in mathematics, emphasizing their importance and modern formulations. It explains how to create ordered pairs from a set of numbers and illustrates how ...

Proper formatting in your office's documents is a display of quality control and professionalism that your employees, clients and customers may appreciate. Making sure that appropriate text is ...

Performances in N.Y.C. At Art Basel Miami Beach, the Mexican choreographer Diego Vega Solorza explores masculinity in a new work and his gallery sells objects from performances. Diego Vega Solorza, a ...

Most people probably don’t think of mathematics when they hear “busy beavers.” But these eager little animals symbolize one of the most amazing concepts of the knotty field: not everything can be ...