An 8,000-year-old pottery vessel has revealed that Mesopotamians were using mathematics years before numbers and writing were invented, according to a recent study. Up until now, the first records of ...

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A new claim that the Great Pyramid of Giza could be closer to 20,000 years old than to the 4,500 years accepted by most Egyptologists has jolted one of archaeology’s most settled timelines. The ...

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Registered dietitians break down the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans: how it compares to the last version, and why the upside-down food pyramid may send mixed messages about what to eat.

Everyone knows about the pyramids of Giza — but they’re only the tip of the desert. Egypt’s true pyramid count goes far beyond the famous three, and many are almost completely unknown. In this video, ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, ...

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, ...