A new equation calculates how many fragments of each size will be produced when an object breaks. The principle could help ...

More than a hundred years ago, long before anyone imagined supercomputers or black hole simulations, legendary Indian ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

Do you know what ‘ax2+bx+c=0’ is? Well, it’s the quadratic equation, which, believe it or not, is used in multiple fields in daily life. Celebrating and explaining the same, Google Doodle has featured ...

Google on Wednesday (12 November) featured a special Doodle celebrating the quadratic equation, one of mathematics' most fundamental formulas that has shaped everything from engineering to economics.

Nothing sinks a golfer’s spirits like their ball zinging back out of the hole. Now, physics and mathematics explain how it happens. The anguish of a “lip out” occurs when a golfer putts a ball, and ...

A simple looking grade-school math problem has stumped the masses. Can you solve it correctly? The simple equation shared by @BholanathDutta on X this week, who regularly posts brainteasers, read ...

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For many, it's been years since they've sat in a classroom while a teacher tested their arithmetic skills. Internet users are now racking their brains to remember how to solve elementary school ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: The importance of math literacy cannot be overstated (“Math crisis began a decade ago and has only ...

Canadian artist Katie Stelmanis has announced a new album as Austra, her first since 2020’s HiRUDiN. Chin Up Buttercup is due out November 14 via Domino. She co-produced it with Kieran Adams, taking ...

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