Professional mathematicians have been stunned by the progress amateurs have made in solving long-standing problems with the ...

Finding π using random numbers and probability. This short demonstrates a Monte Carlo approach, showing how randomness and statistics can converge to an accurate estimate of pi through repeated trials ...

Mathematicians rely on numbers, but finding words to explain different levels of certainty has stymied everyone from the ...

Multi-dwelling buildings in city turning out to be ‘blind spot’ in waste management system as owners often not on premises, tenants send out unsegregated trash and collectors refuse to pick it Experts ...

Tompkins County’s emergency medical services system has been struggling to fill gaps in care due to rising response times, limited ambulance capacity and staffing shortages, according to Prof. Dan ...

December can be hard on the heart as people eat and drink too much, and stress about the festive season. “The holidays are the worst time of the year” for heart health, Dr. Marc Eisenberg, a clinical ...

Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, measuring for a DIY project, or just having a math-related brain teaser thrown your ...

A bottle of wine is a staple in many homes. It pairs well with good food, a good movie or good company. Enjoying wine and shopping for it can be two very different things, though. Some people know the ...

Welcome to The Workup, a First Opinion column from Vishal Khetpal. In 1912, on the banks of the Seine in Paris, Lawrence Sperry, an aviation pioneer, debuted his invention of the autopilot, as he and ...

WhatsApp's mass adoption stems in part from how easy it is to find a new contact on the messaging platform: Add someone's phone number, and WhatsApp instantly shows whether they're on the service, and ...