A viral fan theory called “Conformity Gate” suggests another episode of "Stranger Things" could arrive today, Jan. 7. Here’s ...

Quantum information theory is a field of study that examines how quantum technologies store and process information. Over the ...

The idea that reality—the universe, our world, and everything we perceive—is a simulation has fascinated philosophers and scientists for millennia, but new findings suggest that the theory, despite ...

Abstract: The paper is about formalization of Set Theory and Elementary Algebra theorems in mathematics and their proofs in a new programming language called LEAN 4 Theorem Prover. The paper describes ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Homeschooled 17-year-old refutes 40-year-old math theory, heads straight to PhD At just 17, homeschooled Bahamas teen Hannah Cairo upended the 40-year-old Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, coming up with ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1994, an earthquake of a proof shook up the mathematical world. The mathematician Andrew Wiles had finally settled Fermat’s Last ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories featuring master’s degree programs at the University of Chicago. After earning a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics then working in ...

Mathematician Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel Prize, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announced today. Kashiwara is known for building bridges across seemingly distant branches of ...