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 ...

Algebra and the Pythagoras’ theorem both originated in India but the credit for these has gone to people from other countries, Union Minister for Science and Technology, Harsh Vardhan, said on ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In this episode of My Favorite Theorem, we ...