A research team at King’s College London has isolated a triangular aluminum compound, called a cyclotrialumane, that can ...

How a centuries-old math puzzle helped us see inside the human brain. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, uncovers the ...

Test your knowledge of taxicab geometry, triangular numbers, the golden ratio and more. Credit... Supported by By Steven Strogatz “Math, Revealed,” our four-part series exploring the mathematics ...

We all know the festive carol The Twelve Days of Christmas. Each day, "my true love" receives an increasing number of gifts. On the first day there is one gift, a partridge in a pear tree. On the ...

At first glance, the 153 looks really meaningless. Yet, it has amazing mathematical properties. Moreover, it was not only explicitly mentioned in the Bible and, for various reasons, brings a smile to ...