Nov 4, 2025 · Math Physics Physicists dream up ‘spacetime quasicrystals’ that could underpin the universe Quasicrystals are orderly structures that never repeat.

Jan 16, 2026 · We’ll publish science-themed crossword puzzles and math puzzles on alternating months.

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Aug 19, 2025 · Over the last half 50 years, fractals have challenged ideas about geometry and pushed math, science and technology into unexpected areas.

Jan 13, 2026 · This ancient pottery holds the earliest evidence of humans doing math Flower designs on 8,000-year-old pots show “mathematical knowledge,” archaeologists say

May 9, 2023 · How Pythagoras turned math into a tool for understanding reality The ‘music of the spheres’ was born from the effort to use numbers to explain the universe

Mar 24, 2023 · After half a century, mathematicians succeed in finding an ‘einstein,’ a shape that forms a tiled pattern that never repeats.

Oct 10, 2023 · An enduring Möbius strip mystery has finally been solved A mathematician’s journey to prove how short the loops can be had some twists and turns

Apr 9, 2025 · Two companies have announced photonic devices that could solve specific real-world problems faster and with less energy than conventional computers.

Feb 3, 2025 · Solve the math puzzle from our February 2025 issue, based on the number system of mathematician James Foster.