Math

Analyses of GPS-tracked competitions reveal fast starts lead to strong finishes

Karen Uhlenbeck is first woman to receive the honor

New maze mimics mathematical patterns in nature and the ancient world

The Riemann hypothesis, a formula related to the distribution of prime numbers, has remained unsolved for more than a century

A new study figured out the source of the knuckle-cracking sound using mathematical formulas

Study uses history, statistics to see whether our current era of harmony is an anomaly

But some experts question whether the methodology is sound

A radical proposal would let researchers decide what constitutes significance

Unearthed letters suggest award committee favored promise and youth over star power

New finding would unseat the Greeks as the creators of the discipline

Statistical model could guide future searches for the disappeared

If true, lakes produce more heat-trapping methane than previously estimated

D-Wave takes on machine learning problem of computer vision

Researchers are trying to untangle the inner workings of neural networks

Could the stuff that's blowing up the cosmos arise because energy is not conserved?

Papers are like “lottery tickets,” researchers conclude