COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — British mathematician Sir Andrew J. Wiles has won the Abel Prize in math for cracking a centuries-old hypothesis. Norway's Academy of Science and Letters said Tuesday he was ...

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy argues that the perceived divide between the arts and mathematics is a modern invention. At ...

Another rare example of Alan Turing's handwritten notes, which went to auction in 2015 Dickson Lee / South China Morning Post via Getty Images The British government has placed an export ban on a ...

How the leopard really got its spots has finally been explained. The new work builds on research conducted by British mathematician Alan Turing in the 1950s. The new study by American scientists ...

You know the feel of a good putt. (SOUNDBITE OF GOLF CLUB HITTING GOLF BALL) SIMON: The golf club taps the ball just right. It rolls gently toward the hole at just the right speed, and you can hear ...

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