Every triangle-hungry algorithm has a quiet assumption baked into it: that any solid shape can be chopped into simple pieces ...

Solve the math puzzle from our October 2026 issue, in which a bird watcher seeks an indoor hobby.

Hunt for shapes and make familiar objects by putting together several different shapes. Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake to tell whether Dotson's 10-frames represent a number more than his focus ...

Mathematicians show “soft cell” shapes are abundant in natural world. Soft cells are described as natural tiles with curved edges—a stark contrast to the mathematical solutions for creating tiling ...

Math Riddles: Today, we bring another set of missing shapes puzzles with difficulty level hard. In this missing shapes puzzle, one has to figure out which is the next shape in the sequence. There are ...

As a teenager, Vanessa Vakharia never expected math to factor into her future. “I wanted to be a rock star and marry Keanu Reeves. Still do,” Vakharia says in a phone interview as her band drives ...