There are two basic ways to do fractions on your iPhone calculator. Here's what you need to know to use the built-in app.

If we’re lucky in the Opinion section, we work through our beliefs completely and support them with great arguments. But sometimes, we don’t need a deeper reason or great explanation to hold our ...

A new analysis shows how shortcuts, paper mills, and pay-to-publish outlets have shaped where math studies appear.

If you’ve ever traveled abroad to a place where the local currency is much different in value from the U.S. dollar, you’ve probably found yourself scrambling to calculate the differences in price when ...

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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about the Pascaline -- a 17th-century invention credited as the first mechanical calculator.

Since astronomers found the first planets outside our solar system in 1992 and the first planet around a sunlike star in 1995, scientists have sought the telltale glimmers, flickers and wobbles that ...

Physicist Arvind Murugan earns Schmidt Science Polymath award for work at intersection of physics, biology, computation and materials science ...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte plan to provide “scientific” evidence to prove that France’s first lady is not a transgender woman after suing far-right influencer ...

Many scientists dream of winning a Nobel Prize, an accolade that brings worldwide recognition, prestige and a place in the pantheon of greatness alongside the likes of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie and ...