As renewable energy installations multiply, the first generation of solar panels, wind turbine blades, and lithium-ion batteries is reaching the end of its lifespan. Police in Finland arrest 2 members ...

Srinivasa Ramanujan grew up in southern India with almost no formal education, but his mind never stopped creating mathematics. Using nothing but a single outdated textbook, he taught himself advanced ...

A group of math teachers in Tucson, Arizona, came under fire for their Halloween costumes this weekend. The teachers’ bloodied white t-shirts with the phrase “Problem solved” written across the chest ...

In 1945, as the first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert, Enrico Fermi stood miles away, holding a few scraps of paper. As the shockwave rolled toward him, he dropped the papers and watched ...

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The sci-fi epic has added a trio of new cast members to its upcoming season, which has officially begun production. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large The season has just started production in Budapest, ...

Remember the 1980s when acid rain dominated headlines? Dire warnings about rain eating buildings, killing fish, and destroying forests filled every news cycle. Then, almost like magic, acid rain ...

WASHINGTON — At least three times this month, President Trump has boasted about a past survey of him and dozens of economists, in which he bucked conventional wisdom and predicted his second-term ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and solve the long-standing polaron problem, unlocking deeper understanding of ...

Sven, a sales leader, received a call from a major customer who was furious. Their order arrived late, the product was damaged, and to top it off, their invoice didn’t reflect the volume discount ...

Too many companies launch new products or services without a process for deeply understanding what their customers truly need. They make assumptions, rely on limited feedback, or develop ideas based ...

How bees, beer cans and big data all solve the same problem: not enough space. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, ...