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Steven Strogatz explores the mysteries of knots with the mathematicians Colin Adams and Lisa Piccirillo.

The existence of secure cryptography depends on one of the oldest questions in computational complexity.

The optical properties of mitochondrial bundles in the retina may improve how efficiently the eye captures light.

The result could help researchers answer a larger question about flattening objects from the fourth dimension to the third dimension.

Thanks to the power of fluctuation relations, physicists are taking the second law of thermodynamics to settings once thought impossible.

Lillian Pierce wants to transform access to the world of mathematics, while making headway on problems that bridge the discrete and continuous.

Physicists are using quantum math to understand what happens when black holes collide. In a surprise, they’ve shown that a single particle can describe a collision’s entire gravitational wave.

With self-generated gradients of chemicals and physical tension, cells in the body steer themselves to vital destinations.

Play this simple math game with your friends to gain insights into fundamental principles of graph theory.