Zero, which was invented late in history, is special among numbers. New studies are uncovering how the brain creates ...

A new proof about prime numbers illuminates the subtle relationship between addition and multiplication — and raises hopes ...

Though they live only a few hours before dividing, bacteria can anticipate the approach of cold weather and prepare for it.

Astronomers are reveling in the James Webb Space Telescope’s discoveries about the formative epoch of cosmic history.

Zdeborová now leads the Statistical Physics of Computation Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne.

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How do you prove something is true? For mathematicians, the answer is simple: Start with some basic assumptions and proceed, step by step, to the conclusion. QED, proof complete. If there’s a mistake ...

A mysterious phenomenon known as duality often leads to new discoveries in physics. This time, space-time itself can sometimes be two things at once.

The work — the first-ever limit on how many whole numbers can be written as the sum of two cubed fractions — makes significant headway on “a recurring embarrassment for number theorists.” Wei Ho, the ...