Math models can help cardiologists by finding the heart's hidden waves
Even seasoned physicians may struggle to interpret EKGs
The twisted math of knot theory can help you tell an overhand knot from an unknot
It's knot always easy to tell if two knots are the same
Meet Melba Roy Mouton, the Space Race mathematician and keeper of orbiting satellites
Roy Mouton, a mathematician and programmer, was a sort of hidden figure in Hidden Figures
Meet Evelyn Boyd Granville, the mathematician who mass produced computers and shot Apollo into space
One of the first Black women to earn a PhD in math, she worked on seemingly every major math project of the 20th century
Academia should incentivize mathematicians to make their work more accessible
Math papers that are difficult to understand prevent scientists from learning about tools they can use in their research
Mathematicians hope digital "proof assistants" will fix the field's own replication crisis
Computer programs can be better than humans, but they're not perfect
An anonymous COVID-19 contact tracing app that warns you when your friends are sick
A different kind of contact tracing sounds an alarm when people in your social circle are falling ill
Meet Sophie Germain, the amateur mathematician who worked on number theory's toughest problem
Germain, or "Monsieur LeBlanc" to her professors, took a bold and creative approach to life and math
Despite a mistaken mathematical proof, you do only need four colors to make a good map
Alfred Kempe's 1879 proof of the Four Color Theorem contained a mistake. Nearly a century, later his work was vindicated
Meet Hertha Ayrton, the mathematician who cleared WW1 trenches of poisonous gas
Ayrton was the first woman to recieve the Hughes Medal for outstanding research in the field of energy, but still the Royal Society refused her membership
Your language brain matters more for learning programming than your math brain
New research contradicts long held assumptions about coding
A transcendental visualization of pi, for Pi Day
Let your mind drift in the styles of Marcel Duchamp and Philip Glass
Coffee baristas were right all along — grinding coffee finer doesn't always produce a stronger cup of espresso coffee
Scientists use mathematical modelling and experiments to prep the perfect cup of espresso
Meet Dr. Gladys West, the hidden figure behind your phone's GPS
Gladys West is one of the reasons why you can receive driving directions from your phone or tag a photo location on Instagram
If you're trying to catch an atom, try bending Heisenberg's uncertainty principle a little
Study author describes how quantum mechanics can be used to enhance the precision of measurements — and how other fields can benefit too
Rear Admiral Amazing Grace Hopper taught computers English
She recorded the first computer bug when a moth got caught in a relay switch
Meet Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya: the Russian mathematician who pushed through the Iron Curtain
In spite of personal tragedy, dire political circumstances and deteriorating health, her passion for mathematics burned bright
Meet mathematician Emmy Noether, mother of the most beautiful theorem in the world
She worked out a kink in general relativity and kickstarted the field of abstract algebra