If you’ve ever heard the phrase “the music of the spheres,” your first thought probably wasn’t about mathematics. But in its historical origin, the music of the spheres actually was all about math. In ...

Some of you know Pythagoras as the guy who correctly came up with the ratio of the sides of a right triangle. Now it’s time you know him as a murderous cult leader. Maybe. The dry, yet powerful ...

We all know that numbers can help us understand the beauty of nature. But in this excerpt from the new book A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank ...

A clay tablet dating back to 1800-1600 BC challenges the belief that Pythagoras was the original discoverer of the Pythagorean Theorem. The tablet, named "YBC 7289," contains proofs and principles ...

The famous ancient site at Stonehenge may have been built using Greek philosopher Pythagoras’ famous theorem two millennia before the mathematical equation was developed, experts say. A new book ...

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Avery Hurt is a freelance science journalist who frequently writes for Discover Magazine, covering scientific studies on topics like neuroscience, insects, and microbes. View Full Profile. The formula ...

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