Mathematicians can cover larger areas than they'd realized using polygons with fixed diameters.

Scientists have developed a new technique for calculating the ecological value of road-free areas of land and representing them geometrically.

"Trees of life" show patterns of evolutionary descent, and they fit together mathematically to form an abstract forest.

Scientists are figuring out why plants grow in spiral patterns that incorporate the 'golden angle'.

Computers can analyze music mathematically and use the result to track down songs, without even knowing the composer, performer, or title.

Group theory inspires a West Coast sculptor.

Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, was born 300 years ago on April 15, 1707.

Mathematicians have found three-dimensional shapes that flip themselves upright from any position.

Programs outside of school are helping students discover math on their own.

Scientists are using mathematical tools to sniff out faked photographs.

Scientists are using mathematical tools to sniff out faked photographs.

Mathematicians find that slicing a pie into fair pieces is harder than divvying up a sheet cake. The problem is that pie cuts are radial, not parallel.

Medieval Islamic artisans developed a process for creating elaborate, nonrepeating patterns now associated with Penrose tiles.

Medieval Islamic artisans developed a process for creating elaborate, nonrepeating patterns now associated with Penrose tiles.

Scientific advice on the subject of how much salmon it is safe to eat has been confusing.