A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

Choosing to pause can short-circuit your fight-flight-freeze-fawn reflex and save your connection before it crashes.

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...

It’s more than just being logical and analytical, research shows. But misperceptions can affect how people are treated and ...

The pain from gas typically presents as sharp, burning or cramp sensations, which occur in the upper stomach area, and lower chest region. The pain tends to shift its location while the person moves ...

Researchers have demonstrated that the theoretically optimal scaling for magic state distillation—a critical bottleneck in ...

Alperen Sengun’s NBA career has been a bit of an obstacle course. He was drafted outside of the draft lottery in 2021, while Jalen Green was selected second overall. In other words, Green was expected ...

On Friday afternoon in Boston, at the Suffolk Superior Courthouse, a jury decided the fate of a Dublin firefighter charged with rape after a previous jury failed to do so. Terence Crosbie (39) was ...

The No. 19 Kansas Jayhawks and No. 11 Louisville Cardinals are set to face off in an open scrimmage this Friday at the KFC Yum! Center. While the contest will not count toward either team's record, it ...

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for ...