Every year, math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day on March 14, a date whose digits represent the first ...

Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.

Meteorite hunters fanned out across a wide swath of Ohio on Thursday, hoping to collect fragments of an estimated 7-ton (6,350 kilograms) space rock that crashed into Earth this week after a dazzling ...

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Thom Ruhe is celebrating. Ten years ago he joined the NC IDEA Foundation as president and CEO, bringing a wealth of experience and insights.

Democrats appeared to outpace Republicans' turnout in Tuesday's marquee U.S. Senate election, indicating that the state's minority party may be entering the general election with an enthusiasm ...

Whenever data are being transferred over the Internet, encryption methods keep PIN (personal identification number) codes secret, store medical information securely, watch over the confidentiality of ...

Many of us have a lot of digital data locked away in our Google accounts: emails, photos, chats, documents, schedules, restaurant reviews. Losing access to that data is likely to be fairly high on the ...

More Americans are digging into their retirement savings because of financial emergencies. Last year, a record 6% of workers in 401(k) plans administered by Vanguard Group took a hardship withdrawal.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the February nonfarm payrolls report Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists expect growth of 50,000 and a stable unemployment rate at 4.3%. The jobs picture ...

If you are looking for the grand master of Swiss mathematics, the name Beno Eckmann springs to mind. At 87, Eckmann is permanent visiting professor at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochshule (ETH).