Probability factor: Mathematics and science professor at New York's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Srinivasa Varadhan has just been named this year's winner of the Abel Prize. If you ...

Honeybees are able to understand the mathematical concept of zero, according to a new study published in the journal Science. This places them in an elite group of animals that are known to be able to ...

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If you googled “Srinivasa” plus “mathematics,” the top result directs you to a web-page on Srinivasa Ramanujan, the world-renowned, self-taught Indian mathematician who died in 1920. But, since ...