Summing up the golden ratio

What's behind our puzzling fetish to find beauty in numbers?

Honeybees join humans as the only known animals that can tell the difference between odd and even numbers

Parity classification has not been shown in non-human animals until now 

Maths, physics not compulsory to study engineering: Experts differ with AICTE

Some are critical, while others believe the idea is not a bad one

Mathematical model explains structure of protein

Three-body problem needs real, and not artificial solution

The equation that has confounded mathematicians for over 300 years needs an elegant and beautiful solution, not something where the end is there …

The story of how Cambridge bounced back

A simple tale of how one of the world’s greatest centres of knowledge got to where it is today

Breaking the mould

Mathematics has always been considered as a young person’s game. And to win one of the top award in the field at 76 is a greater …

Relevance of Srinivasa Ramanujan: the man who knew infinity

December 22 is the birth anniversary of Ramanujan and observed as National Mathematics Day

A math teacher’s plea: Let’s keep pi irrational

What does it mean for students if they are learning technology can answer every challenge?  

A lesson from Ramanujan’s elbow

Ahead of the National Mathematics Day on December 22, here’s a recollection of the life and legacy of Srinivasa Ramanujan

Scientists look to mathematics to make cancer treatment more effective

The model-based treatment protocols will be based on accurate calculations, thus avoiding the preventable and uncomfortable side-effects of …

IISER Mohali scientist plans to fuse theories to understand symmetries of geometric objects

This recipient of the Swarnajayanti Fellowship wants to understand symmetries of geometric, algebric objects

Shakespeare by numbers: how mathematical breakthroughs influenced the Bard’s plays

Shakespeare's plays registered the 16th-century crisis of classical mathematics in the face of newer ideas

India’s tryst with numbers is an old one

As the 108th Science Congress ends January 7, an excerpt from Amir D Azcel’s 2015 book, ‘Finding Zero: A Mathematician’s …

What happens when a raindrop hits a puddle?

Dispersion is the ability of waves of different wavelengths to each move at their own individual speeds

Winners of India’s top science award announced, no women on the list

Since its inception in 1958, only 19 women scientists have been the recipients of the SSB award.