A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

Toby Walters is a financial writer, investor, and lifelong learner. He has a passion for analyzing economic and financial data and sharing it with others. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer ...

Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107 and — wait for it — 47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If you’re stumped, you’re not alone. These are the first five busy ...

In a blog post published in early January, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman opined that in 2025, the first AI agents would enter the workforce and materially change the output of companies. Eight months into the ...

Gaza is now facing its fiercest fight: absolute hunger. There’s no food to buy even if you could afford it, people there have told Al Jazeera. The widespread hunger has been imposed by the Israeli ...

The northern region was plunged into deep mourning on Sunday following the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari, with prominent regional organisations and political figures describing his ...

Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A two-year-old Swedish artificial intelligence start-up that promises to make programming an app as easy ...

Students around the world often dislike mathematics and eagerly await the day when they won’t have to struggle with long, complicated calculations. While the hate is widespread, a comprehensive ...

The TI-89 is a graphing calculator used in advanced mathematics classes and approved for use on examinations like the Scholastic Aptitude Test and various Advanced Placement tests. While its large ...

Readers were annoyed to discover something galling: evidence that an author used AI, right in the middle of a novel. The novel, titled “Darkhollow Academy : Year 2,” penned by author Lena McDonald, ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra’s oldest challenge – solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, ...