Luke Durant was folding his laundry right into his suitcase ahead of a trip back home to Alabama when he decided to check his computer and see if he had made history. He figured that, like every other ...

New Delhi: In a development that has stirred the mathematical world, two researchers have taken a route to unlock hidden patterns in prime numbers – one that blends old wisdom with unexpected tools.

May 30 (UPI) --A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique - the etchings, lines like tally marks, may have ...

While I was looking for a gift for a child’s birthday, a math book fell into my hands. I am always fascinated when authors write about abstract scientific topics for children, whether it’s on Albert ...

Prime numbers, as most of us remember from math class, are numbers greater than 1 that aren't divisible by anything other than the number 1 and themselves. For example, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 and 13 are the ...

Update, Jan. 4, 2018: On Wednesday, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search announced that a computer owned by Jonathan Pace in Germantown, Tennessee, discovered a new prime number. At 23,249,425 ...