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Fibonacci spiral overlaid on cactus blossom

Break out the calculators: November 23 is Fibonacci Sequence Day

In 3D the kissing number is 12, as illustrated by basketballs. Illustration: Kira Vesikko / Aalto University

Human outsmarts Google DeepMind AI, solving centuries-old ‘kissing problem’

a september 2025 calendar with saturday the 27th circled in red

Why September 27, 2025 is the ‘coolest mathematical date of our lifetime’

By Margherita Bassi

A graphical representation of what a real Gerver’s sofa might look like.

This is the biggest sofa you can fit around a corner, according to a mathematician

Pythagorean theorum illustrated with triangle written in chalk on chalkboard

Forget Pi Day. Today is Pythagorean Triple Square Day.

$Hand writing 2+2=4 on chalkboard$

Human teens beat AI at an international math competition

Quantum Random Number Generator machine

Here’s how to generate a truly random number with quantum physics

Paper with equations scribbled on it

Mathematician solves algebra’s oldest problem

Bowling ball striking pins

How to bowl a strike—mathematically

Close up of hand holding pencil solving crossword puzzle

Why crossword puzzles get easier as you solve them, according to physics

a woman leading a dance rehearsal in the a studio

How the Rockettes use math to make holiday magic

By Laura Baisas

The first few hundred digits of the prime number M136279841

Man spent $2 million to find new largest prime number

Cross section of nautilus shell

Mathematicians define a new shape—and you’ve probably seen it

a circle and pi = 3.14 written on a chalkboard

Math teacher argues Pi Day should be July 22

$kids playing with numbers$

Why schools are teaching math word problems all wrong

By Sarah Carr / The Hechinger Report

Not a math person? Duolingo wants to help.

Not a math person? Duolingo wants to help.

By Charlotte Hu

NIST computer room with small glass vacuum chamber

It’s pretty hard to measure nothing, but these engineers are getting close

Swimmer in a black speedo soaring off a green diving board

Have we been measuring gravity wrong this whole time?

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Ukraine's Maryna Viazovska holding her Fields Medal.

These 4 problem-solvers just won one of math’s biggest prizes

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Sierra Negra volcano erupting in the Galapagos Islands in 2018

Volcanic eruptions are unpredictable, but these geologists cracked the code