Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Science often isn’t a bold “Eureka!,” a shout that that is loudly proclaimed after decades of painstaking research. Rather, many times, it begins with a “Huh, that’s funny,” and it ends someplace ...

Physicists are now using principles from quantum mechanics to build a new model of the abstract concept of pi. Or, more accurately, they built a new model that happens to include a great new ...

Most people first learn about the number π (pi) in school, usually when studying circles. It is often written as 3.14, but this is just an approximation. In reality, pi is an irrational number, ...

While most people associate the mathematical constant π (pi) with arcs and circles, mathematicians are accustomed to seeing it in a variety of fields. But two University of Rochester scientists were ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: While building a simpler model for particle interactions, scientists made a sleek new pi. Representations of pi help scientists use values close to ...