Enormous ‘rogue waves’ can appear out of nowhere. Math is revealing their secrets.

Once considered a maritime myth, these towering waves can pose serious risks to ships in the…

Thank the Babylonians, not Pythagoras, for trigonometry

Most every kid learns a² + b² = c² in math. Pythagoras, right? Wrong. Babylonians used…

The Math of a Crumpled Piece of Paper Is Insanely Important.

Your balled-up receipt contains multitudes.  Mathematicians at Harvard University  paper crumples in some surprisingly predictable patterns.  When…

Fibonacci Sequence

The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13,…