Asymptotes are an essential concept in calculus and algebra, representing lines that a function approaches but never quite reaches. They provide valuable information about the end behavior of a ...

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...

In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.

Natural selection uses duplicated genes as raw material for functional innovation, co-opting their existing features to new functions. Understanding genetic innovation requires two questions to be ...

High above us, the atmosphere is teeming with life. Birds, bats and insects share the airspace, but divide it into different ...

A team of physicists say they have found a way to sidestep Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, one of the more troublesome and irritating rules of our universe. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, for ...

‌Your brain is constantly at work, performing processes like thinking, concentrating, remembering, and more. During these activities, your brain cells constantly communicate with each other. This ...

If you’ve ever “gone with your gut” to make a decision or felt “butterflies in your stomach” when nervous, you’re likely getting signals from an unexpected source: your second brain. Hidden in the ...

Chair of Computational Science and Simulation Technology, Department of Mathematics and Physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover 30167, Germany School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, ...

Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Machinery Transients (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China School of Power and ...