Recently, two American high school students made headlines for discovering a new proof of the Pythagorean theorem. Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson, seniors at St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans, ...

For 2,000 years, mathematicians seemed pretty secure in their pursuit of truth. They'd write down a carefully formulated statement, using the highly formal language of math, and put it out there for ...

For a half century, mathematicians have tried to define the exact circumstances under which a black hole is destined to exist. A new proof shows how a cube can help answer the question. The modern ...