In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.

The theoretical physicist and best-selling author finds inspiration in politics and philosophy for rethinking space and time.

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

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Paulina Rowińska is a science writer with a Ph.D. in mathematics from Imperial College London. Before joining Quanta Magazine ...

The recent paper studies algorithmic pricing through the lens of game theory, an interdisciplinary field at the border of ...

Despite their wide variety of sizes, niches and shapes, sharks scale geometrically, pointing to possible fundamental ...

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit mechanical forces for growth and development. In March, a group of ...

The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young ...