Many students question why mathematics is so complicated while grappling with a complex calculus problem

Mathematician Georg Cantor went mad trying to prove the Continuum Hypothesis. We're still trying 100 years later

Mirzakhani, from Stanford University, became the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal

Where did our written numbers come from?

Math curricula are designed to shepherd students toward calculus. Some mathematicians think this path is outdated

He's long been celebrated for his fiction's grotesque hyperrealism, but few acknowledge its bold use of fractals

Salon talks to Cathy O'Neil, author of "Weapons of Math Destruction," about formulas that rule our lives

"We care about 'who was first' only because we live in a system obsessed with proclaiming some people winners"

An interview with David Warsh, author of "Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations."

"It is simply too easy to create a 'scientific' veneer for racism," the open letter states

As I discovered, there is no way to quantify the toll of all this gun violence — not even in a math class

Explaining what the winners of the world's top awards in mathematics actually do isn't as easy as adding 2+2. But we'll give it a try.

Big and small droplets have different physics and even different pathogenic potential.

When one companies shares go way down in a split-seconds time, it could be that too many investors are active

A new book explores "The Rule of 12 Bonks" and other mathematical equations that help explain sex and relationships.