A new study addresses a foundational problem in the theory of driven quantum matter by extending the Středa formula to ...

Discover a tricky maths optical illusion! Spot the hidden (a-b)³ cube binomial formula among complex equations on a ...

Most government exams like SSC, RRB, Banking, and Railways include a section called Quantitative Aptitude. This part of the exam can be tricky and time-consuming if candidates follow traditional ...

Researchers have devised a mathematical formula for calculating just how much you'll procrastinate on that Very Important Thing you've been putting off doing. The equation's factors are the desire to ...

Whether you're trying to plan your next birthday party or looking ahead to your wedding anniversary, you'll quickly find yourself wondering what day of the week the milestone will fall on. And while ...

Even if you don't work with or around spreadsheets on a daily basis, you likely understand the basics: data (names, numbers, dates) are placed into cells and organized into rows and columns. Although ...

Inside every major decision nests another smaller decision: When do you give up on information gathering and decide you have enough data to make a choice? Spend too long probing your options and you ...

Cody Cottier is a freelance journalist for Discover Magazine, who frequently covers new scientific studies about animal behavior, human evolution, consciousness, astrophysics, and the environment.

Just when you begin to question the merit of all those years you spent studying math in school, something pops onto the scene to give you a newfound respect for the subject — a math trick that reveals ...

One of my fellow contributors here recently wrote a post about leap years and why we have them. This reminded me of modular arithmetic and the formula for calculating the day of the week for any date ...