Since ancient Greece, researchers have tried to isolate special rational points on curves. Now they have the first ever formula that applies uniformly to all curves ...

Everyday frustrations in science, from clogged grant systems to confusing public messages, are not just abstract complaints. In a 2016 survey of 270 scientists, researchers identified concrete ...

When the greatest mathematician alive unveils a vision for the next century of research, the math world takes note. That’s exactly what happened in 1900 at the International Congress of Mathematicians ...

When a crowd gets something right, like guessing how many beans are in a jar, forecasting an election, or solving a difficult scientific problem, it's tempting to credit the sharpest individual in the ...

The DeSci movement continues to gain steam among industry insiders. The world of science has a problem with too much centralization and not enough incentivization, at least according to supporters of ...