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A quantum approach to data analysis that relies on the study of shapes will likely remain an example of a quantum advantage — albeit for increasingly unlikely scenarios.

Mathematicians are finding inevitable structures in sufficiently large sets of integers.

Two new studies suggest that certain tetrahedral arrangements of galaxies outnumber their mirror images, potentially reflecting details of the universe’s birth. But confirmation is needed.

Wordle is a word game. But you can use math to optimize your chances of winning (without cheating).

Maintenance of the software that’s used for the hardest physics calculations rests almost entirely with a retiree. The situation reveals the problematic incentive structure of academia.

The unprecedented experiment explores the possibility that space-time somehow emerges from quantum information.

The work — the first-ever limit on how many whole numbers can be written as the sum of two cubed fractions — makes significant headway on “a recurring embarrassment for number theorists.”

Researchers discover that to sharpen its control over precision maneuvers, the brain uses comparisons between control signals — not the signals themselves.

Inspired by the results of a game-playing neural network, mathematicians have been making unexpected advances on an age-old math problem.