Mathematicians have discovered a new infinity, one that is so strange that it could change how we understand logic, numbers ...

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Does infinity exist in real life, or is it just a mathematical concept? This video dives into one of philosophy and physics' ...

Fresh off his return to the faculty, President Emeritus Daniele Struppa has wasted no time bringing Chapman’s ...

I was seduced by infinity at an early age. Georg Cantor’s diagonality proof that some infinities are bigger than others mesmerized me, and his infinite hierarchy of infinities blew my mind. The ...

The stunning visual effects in Interstellar were based on the physics research of Kip Thorne. (Courtesy: Paramount/Warner Brothers/The Kobal Collection) “We used to look up at the sky and wonder at ...

Lone genius? Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan is the latest to get the scientific biopic treatment. The self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan has long been a hero in ...