Everybody knows that quantum physics is weird, right? Indeed, quantum physicist Richard Feynman once said in a lecture: “The theory of quantum electrodynamics describes Nature as absurd from the point ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American From her earliest memories, Catherine Good ...

'Project Einstein' aims to identify the genotypes of prominent mathematicians (Nature 502, 602–603; 2013), but it needs to be underpinned by an accurate definition of the mathematical-genius phenotype ...

Misty Adoniou has received funding from the ACT Education and Training Directorate to research professional teaching standards. She is affiliated with the professional teachers' associations ALEA, ...

Even when it is inscrutable, math is beautiful. Photographer Jessica Wynne set out to capture this appeal when she began photographing mathematicians' chalkboards around the world in 2018. “I've ...