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When divvying something up, there's more than one way to define what's fair.

Computer scientists have come up with a bounded algorithm that can fairly divide a cake among any number of people.

The latest effort to overhaul math and science education offers a fundamental rethinking of the basic structure of knowledge. But will it be given time to work?

Three physicists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for rewriting our understanding of exotic quantum states on the surfaces of materials.

Insights about time’s arrow from a liquid crystal universe.

The author shows how new mathematical techniques can be used to revitalize a 650-year-old work of art.

A camera lens often used by wildlife and sports photographers has helped astronomers learn about dark matter and galaxy formation.

The surprising discovery of a massive, Milky Way–size galaxy that is made of 99.99 percent dark matter has astronomers dreaming up new ideas about how galaxies form.

The biologists Rosemary and Peter Grant have spent four decades on a tiny island in the Galápagos. Their discoveries reveal how new animal species can emerge in just a few generations.