For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In practice, that ...

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

Imagine listening to a recording of an orchestral performance, but because of a bad studio technician, the only instrument ...

In this excerpt from the new book 'Speak Data,' the Wharton professor and best-selling author shares his thoughts on how we ...

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.

In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers achieved the first experimental observation of a time rondeau crystal ...

Introduction Adolescence is a key period of development for mental health; however, little is known about how (cumulative) daily life experiences impact long-term mental health development in this ...

The extra-long hyphen known as the em dash is common in AI-generated text. While some writers have responded by choosing to avoid the punctuation mark, others are fighting back.

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave discuss new findings about the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus, the secrets behind chameleons' eye movements and the energy use behind AI computing.

Background Infants of asthmatic mothers have reduced lung function in early life for reasons that remain to be defined. The association between inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) use during pregnancy and ...