Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Every March 14, mathematicians, scientists and math lovers around the world celebrate Pi Day, a commemoration of the mathematical sign Pi. That's because the date written numerically ...

March 14 is a day for math lovers everywhere–Pi Day! A quick refresher: Pi (or π if you want to get technical) is defined as the distance around a perfect circle, or the circumference, divided by the ...

The first person shakes hands with six other people. The second shakes hands with five people left, the third shakes hands with four people left, the fourth shakes hands with three people left, the ...

Nerdle is what Wordle is but for math lovers who have long griped about the lack of numerics in the latter. Good games need to make the brain work, and the statement has never been truer than the rise ...

Math sometimes gets a bad rap. Traditionally, it's not the most well-liked subject in school. Students often complain that it's difficult to understand. In fact, in a 2023 survey, math ranked only ...

TALENTED young mathematicians have been taking part in an educational event at Teesside University. The Mathematics Masterclass Series was run in conjunction with the Royal Institution of Great ...

This article contains affiliate links to products selected by our editors. Mental Floss may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. Happy Pi Day! Every March 14 (or 3.14) we honor ...

Global math archive: MIT and collaborators launched MathNet, the largest Olympiad-level problem collection, spanning 47 ...

David Marcus of Norwalk is a man who likes to go places -- and is helping others do the same. The well-traveled lover of math in March launched an iPhone application for Routefriend, an Internet-based ...