The natives of a remote Polynesian Island invented a binary number system, similar to the one used by computers to calculate, centuries before Western mathematicians did, new research suggests. The ...

Ancient pottery reveals early farmers were using math thousands of years before numbers, embedding geometry and patterns into ...

Archaeologists working in northern Mesopotamia say they have uncovered visual patterns that look a lot like structured ...

Many complicated advances in research mathematics are spurred by a desire to understand some of the simplest questions about numbers. How are prime numbers distributed in the integers? Are there ...

The languages we speak influence the way that we see the world, in ways most of us may never recognize. For example, researchers report seeing higher savings rates among people whose native language ...

Artificial intelligence has once again pushed the boundaries of what is possible. On November 14, 2025, an AI system, aptly named the AI Math Genius, achieved a significant milestone by delivering 100 ...

The languages we speak influence the way that we see the world, in ways most of us may never recognize. For example, researchers report seeing higher savings rates among people whose native language ...

Humans started counting tens of thousands of years ago, but when did they begin figuring out advanced arithmetic, algebra and even calculus? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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What is the most important number in the entirety of mathematics? Ok, that’s a pretty silly question – out of infinite possibilities, how could you possibly choose? I suppose a big hitter like 2 or 10 ...