More than a hundred years ago, long before anyone imagined supercomputers or black hole simulations, legendary Indian ...

EASTON, Pa. - On any given Friday, right around lunchtime, you'll most likely find Alyssa Higgins at the Pie and Tart bakery in Easton. “I come every Friday to lunchbox day, which is a $10 lunch deal ...

BENGALURU: Everyone has studied the irrational number π (pi) in school and wondered what is its use in modern day life.

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

While building a simpler model for particle interactions, scientists made a sleek new pi. Representations of pi help scientists use values close to real life without storing a million digits. The ...

Original and visually stunning, the stage production of “Life of Pi,” at the Hobby Center through Sunday, weaves an extraordinary and imaginative tale of a teenage boy traveling from India to Canada ...

Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other ...

While traversing the moon’s surface after a planned launch later this year, Astrobotic’s shoebox-sized CubeRover will have some downtime: extra computing power that won’t always be in use. And thanks ...

Since the start of the 20th century, the heart of mathematics has been the proof — a rigorous, logical argument for whether a given statement is true or false. Mathematicians’ careers are measured by ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Math enthusiasts around the world, from college students to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day, which is March 14 or 3/14 — the first three digits of an infinite number with ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Today is March 14, known as Pi Day for the famous mathematical constant — but it’s also Albert Einstein’s birthday. And while most people recognize Einstein for his famous equation, E ...