How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – ...

Researchers found that some animals could “count” carrots in a test—and may have better numerical skills than dogs or horses.

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A family of four wastes nearly $3,000 worth of food every year. That figure, released in an April 2025 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report, nearly doubles the previous federal estimate of ...

Paul Erdős was one of the most prolific mathematicians of the 20th century, writing nearly 1,500 papers while living out of a suitcase with no permanent home. He could struggle with ordinary tasks ...

When Olympic soccer star Diana Matheson retires, she and some fellow players set out to build something that has never existed: a professional women's soccer league in Canada.

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...

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Welcome to The Playfield, a weekly column about the games we’re currently playing here at The A.V. Club. Every Saturday our games writers Garrett Martin and Elijah Gonzalez will look at whatever ...

When you swing a tennis racket or catch a set of keys, you aren’t thinking about wind resistance or gravity. Yet, to perform that motion, your brain is solving a massive physics problem in ...

Take the pressure off of problem solving with engaging thinking games that encourage students to work together to find solutions. Like many teachers, I used to think of problem-solving as something I ...

A P500 Noche Buena assumes that Christmas is a minimalist Scandinavian experience — ham as accent piece, pasta as decor, fruit salad as garnish for your hopes It seems DTI’s P500 Noche Buena claim has ...