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, ...

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What if the universe’s secret wasn’t hidden in a black hole or trapped in quantum foam, but coiled up literally in a tortilla? That’s the taste of the most recent cosmic controversy, as ...

When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you’re living on a flat plane. After all, this is why you can navigate a new city using a map: a flat piece of paper that represents ...

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Since humanity's earliest days, people have looked up at the stars, using science, art, religion, philosophy, mathematics, and any other tool at their disposal to better understand the complicated and ...

Image made with elements from Canva. It’s March 14, or Pi Day, that day of the year where we celebrate the ratio that makes a circle a circle. The Greek letter that represents it is such a part of our ...

PROPERLY speaking, “The Virgin and the Gip-sy,” the posthumous book by D. H. Lawrence, is not a full-structure novel. It is a sketch, complete in form arid plot, but wanting in detail and substance; ...

In last week’s The Universe column, I fielded a reader’s question about galaxy collisions in an expanding universe. The answer deals with vast distances, inscrutable forces and the ultimate fate of ...