While building a simpler model for particle interactions, physicists found a new representation involving pi—not a new value for pi, and not a replacement for the one you learned in school.

Thomas Mulligan breaks down the viral mathematical puzzle that sparked a massive debate and left the online community scratching their heads. Vaping found to have new, disturbing effect on health ...

A back-to-basics brain teaser is dividing the internet. BholanathDutta shared the sum 100 + 100 × 4 = ? on X, formerly Twitter, sparking debate among users. At first glance, many people speed to the ...

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. Last week, I introduced Emmy Noether, an ...

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University of Bristol physics professor Sir Michael Berry visited the University of Wisconsin on Monday to for a seminar on geometric phase. The seminar was part of the Chemistry Department’s Willard ...

For years, physicists were stuck in trying to explain an important mathematical problem in physics. The right approach ended up being too simple. Reading time 3 minutes As typically is the case with ...

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. Physicists Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and ...

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Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the number of calories your body uses at rest for basic functions like breathing, heart rate, and digestion. You can estimate it using the Mifflin-St. Jeor equation, ...