Math

Any big ratio fans out there? Events and activities are happening around the world to celebrate Pi Day.

Nine mathematicians inadvertently created Bourbaki while writing a textbook in post-war Paris.

The measles vaccine is incredibly effective, yet recurrences and outbreaks abound.

A mathematician discusses why math is relevant to everyday life, what he thinks of the anti-vaxxer movement and whether he worries about the transmission of communicable diseases during air travel.

"Humans are more similar to each other than we are different," said an author of the study.

It could be months, if not years, before we find out if Michael Atiyah's claims are true.

Shortly after Cambridge University professor Caucher Birkar put the briefcase down on a table, it went missing.

"Olfaction is one of our most powerful senses."

Feminists were much more likely to sacrifice the person if it was a man, compared with nonfeminists, the study said.

These Pi Day jokes are proof that math equals a lot more fun than it sounds.

Radio waves are fast, but not fast enough to reach us before a civilization goes extinct.

The child's mom turned to social media for help—and the solution had a surprising twist.

The number was found by a 51-year-old engineer running multiple computers for days on end.

They can watch for rare events and gauge the stakes.

Twitter users are roasting Donald Trump Jr. for apparently misunderstanding how basic math works.

Hafez al-Assad finished in the lower end of the International Mathematical Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

Life on one planet could easily spread to another, according to the numbers.

You might be better off just taking a gamble and not getting hung up your decision.

Indiana lawmakers' attempt to round Pi to 3.2 and a Pi world record are among the things you probably don't know about Pi Day.

Trump's willing to 'say anything at all—no matter how ridiculous or dishonest—to justify the know-nothingism of his base,' says president of the Niskanen Center.

ISIS teachers neglect subjects that used to be taught, such as science, mathematics, art and music. Instead, children are taught how to fight in jihad.

The number is too large to have any "practical value."

Did 108 people really die from measles vaccines in the past decade? No, but don't tell anti-vaxxers that.

A Bonhams auction of science objects put items like an Apple-1 computer, a Manhattan Project viewing window and a letter by Charles Darwin on the block

The Simpsons has secretly created an unlikely role model for rational thinking and gender equality

Stanford's Maryam Mirzakhani becomes first woman to snag highest prize in mathematics