Every wondered how Costo food-court pepperoni pizzas all look so uniform? There's a simple reason, and it's less robot and more math than you might imagine.

SpaceX's set IPO price of $135 means investors have to take it or leave it. The company plans to stop taking orders on Wednesday, so it has more time for share allocation on Thursday, according to ...

This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly math newsletter that’s delivered to your inbox every Tuesday afternoon. Sign up today and read it first. Is math to blame for bad hair days? Before I ...

Apple is no longer the dominant player in smartphones, or at least the brand that restricted and built walls around its ecosystem and allowed nobody into its ecosystem. But that is now changing ...

Here’s what the Wim Hof Method actually involves, what a 2026 study found and whether the science holds up to scrutiny. AFP via Getty Images The Wim Hof Method is having a well-timed wellness moment.

World No. 4 Coco Gauff appreciates how tennis differentiates itself from other sports. Specifically, how “literally it's not over until it's over” with players needing to reach—and then close ...

Penn researchers have developed a smarter AI method for solving notoriously difficult inverse equations, which help scientists uncover hidden causes behind observable effects. By introducing ...

In April a writer friend e-mailed me a story from the U.K.-based tabloid Daily Mail—“Mystery surrounds death of NINTH scientist tied to US secrets as disturbing pattern grows”—with the comment, “and ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drew ridicule on social media Wednesday after defending what critics have previously mockingly dubbed the "MAGA math" of Donald Trump. The ...

Then I found the aliquot method, and I’ve been nailing loaf after loaf for months without a single dense or gummy crumb. At its core, the aliquot method is a simple workaround for the most ...