Gerd Faltings, who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize(scientificamerican.com)

51 points by digital55 7 months ago | 7 comments

Paul Erdős, the most prolific mathematician(scientificamerican.com)

120 points by hilux 2 years ago | 59 comments

Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof(scientificamerican.com)

475 points by classichasclass 1 year ago | 220 comments

Scientific American article on how an anime fan's question about watching episodes in every order led to a proof on superpermutation lengths.

Americans Overwhelmingly Support Science, but Some Think the U.S. Is Lagging(scientificamerican.com)

34 points by beardyw 9 months ago | 31 comments

Mathematicians still don't know the fastest way to multiply numbers(scientificamerican.com)

209 points by beardyw 3 months ago | 128 comments

Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground(science.org)

258 points by pseudolus 4 months ago | 291 comments