When everyone in academe agrees on something, you’ve got to be worried. The university is a famously noisy kennel, and if you propose X, you’ll always hear barks from those watchdogs who strongly ...

THE HOUSE COMMITTEE’S GRAND UNIFIED THEORY OF JAN. 6. You knew something was up when the leaks about the House Democrats’ Jan. 6 committee began to change. A month ago, committee member Rep. Jamie ...

The Langlands program has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up new worlds for them to explore One of the biggest stories in science has been ...

This post is in response to Is Neuroscience the Future or the End of Psychology? By David Ludden Ph.D. A recent essential read on Psychology Today reviewed the relationship between psychology and ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

(Anybody else remember that Asimov story where the supercomputer explains what makes certain jokes funny and then NOTHING IS EVER FUNNY AGAIN? Continue reading at your own peril.) Wired‘s humor issue ...