Euclidean geometry is a mathematical well-known system attributed to the Greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandria. Euclid's text Elements was the first systematic discussion of geometry. It has been ...

The tablet known as Plimpton 322, dated to around 1800 BCE, contains 15 rows of numbers linked to Pythagorean triples ...

A provocative new study suggests Dante’s Inferno may have secretly doubled as a giant cosmic impact scenario centuries before ...

What’s been found?: Researchers detected small but consistent deviations from predictions of the FLRW cosmology model using diverse astronomical datasets. Why it matters: The results suggest ...

What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Music Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these ...

Sacred geometry found in ancient Greek temples is grounded on the idea that the world is created based on a consistent ...

Dante’s Inferno may have been far more than a religious epic. New research argues that the 14th-century poet essentially ...

A new set of cosmological studies is raising questions about one of the deepest assumptions in modern physics: the idea that ...

New research reveals that Dante Alighieri's Inferno wasn't just a masterpiece of literature: it was a gedankenexperiment in impact physics. From multi-ring craters to shockwaves that reshaped the ...

What if Dante’s Inferno wasn’t just poetry? New research suggests the 14th-century epic may have quietly mapped the mechanics of a planetary impact, centuries before modern meteoritics existed. Vienna ...

BREXIT will not be reversed. To rejoin EU the UK would have to comply with EU laws on tax havens. Given that avoiding those laws was the entire point of Brexit, so rich could keep hiding their money ...

The Euclid police union slammed a lawsuit blaming officers for Jacob Derbin’s death, defending their actions in the fatal ...