Probability factor: Mathematics and science professor at New York's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Srinivasa Varadhan has just been named this year's winner of the Abel Prize. If you ...

If you googled “Srinivasa” plus “mathematics,” the top result directs you to a web-page on Srinivasa Ramanujan, the world-renowned, self-taught Indian mathematician who died in 1920. But, since ...

If someone calls you a zero, you know it’s a diss without even having to think about it. You know right away that it means they think you’re nothing, smaller than any number. But humans aren’t the ...

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Honeybees are able to understand the mathematical concept of zero, according to a new study published in the journal Science. This places them in an elite group of animals that are known to be able to ...

Students who make relevant arm movements while learning can improve their knowledge and retention of math, research has shown. Now researchers at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, and the ...

A creative ‘Math Art’ activity at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s school in Hyderabad helped students explore mathematical concepts through art. Using straight lines, students learned geometry visually, ...