The research team scoured the 12 th century C.E. Dresden Codex—a rare, fully preserved Maya book known for its eclipse table.

Without the scholars of the Islamic Golden Age, who translated Ancient Greek, it is likely that ancient knowledge would now ...

More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping ...

It took a long time for zero to be recognised as a number at all, let alone one of the most powerful ones – but now it’s ...

In a remarkable development, a human mathematician has achieved what many thought impossible: solving the centuries-old ...

The Maya Civilization, from Central America, was one of the most advanced ancient civilizations, known for its significant achievements in astronomy and mathematics. This includes accurate calendars ...

Groundbreaking dialogues between expert meditators and leading scientists open a new frontier in science education with the ...

Countryfile presenter Charlotte Smith confessed she was finding it hard to comprehend as she held a fossil thought to be 100 million years old. During Sunday evening's edition of the hit BBC programme ...

It took a series of aviation disasters for safety experts to realize the critical role of working memory when pilots and technicians juggle competing tasks. In some cases, technicians made apparently ...

It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, recently discovered to be made as early as the 3rd or 4th century, happened in India. Mathematics on the Indian ...

Anyone who so much as glanced at a math book in high school will know the name, Pythagoras. Most will be familiar with the fact that he was a renowned mathematician from ancient Greece, and many will ...

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