In a mesmerising blend of art and mathematics, a research student from University College London (UCL) has recently gained widespread attention for creating intricate images solely through ...

The world can be explained with math. New Scientist's Ian Stewart has compiled the seven equations that you – or anything else for that matter — could not exist without. Stewart selected the equations ...

"Even the +, −, =, and x signs we take for granted only came into widespread use in the 17th century. Which means that the earlier algebraists we know of … all had expressed their equations mostly in ...