Before enrolling at the University of Chicago in 2009, Olga Turanova and Jessica Lin had heard that graduate students in mathematics enjoy a special feeling of community here. "It certainly is true," ...

This article offers a social and geographical network analysis of all attested works, authors, and practitioners in the mathematical sciences in China over the period of disunion and reunification ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This 75-minute teacher webinar focused on the ways in which the Maya have used the Sun to track time for thousands of years. Ancestral calendars ...

This time of year, many people are talking about movies and the Academy Awards. Three movies caught my interest this year: Interstellar, The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game. Each one ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Four scientists have shared a total of $1.2 million in this year's Crafoord prizes in astronomy and mathematics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science said. The ...

If you continue to experience issues, please contact us at 202-466-1032 or help@chronicle.com. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has chosen four high-profile scholars working at American ...

Most of us have a general idea as to why today is Feb. 29 instead of March 1, but until this morning, I, at least, had not been well steeped in the nitty-gritty details (or had forgotten them from ...

A gravitational lens can do more than reveal details of the distant universe. In an unexpected collision of astrophysics and algebra, it seems that this cosmic mirage can also be used to peer into the ...