Einstein's 1917 paper, "Cosmological Considerations in the General Theory of Relativity," applied general relativity to the universe as a whole, establishing a firmer basis for cosmology. To create a ...

On a set of broken clay bowls from northern Mesopotamia, delicate flower patterns have turned out to be something far more radical than decoration. New analysis of this ancient art suggests that early ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

The latest results of an international exam given to teenagers ranked the USA ninth in reading and 31st in math literacy out of 79 countries and economies. America has a smaller-than-average share of ...

Math Riddles With Answers: Are you a math genius? Only 1% with a high IQ can solve this tricky math puzzle in 20 seconds. Try to solve this Math Puzzle within 20 seconds. If you enjoy solving riddles ...

Long before anyone wrote down a number, early villagers were painting flowers with a precision that looks suspiciously like ...

Now, we will use the value of 1 caterpillar (with 5 nodes and 1 flower) to solve the next rows of problems. Row 2: Now, we have 1 clock (with 6’o clock) + 1 clock (with 6’o clock) + 1 caterpillar = 19 ...

Wei Ho, the first director of the Women and Mathematics program at the Institute for Advanced Study, combines algebra and geometry in her work on an ancient class of curves. Like many people who would ...