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NewsAug 24, 20262026 Fields Medal: Hong Wang solves a century-old mystery about needles
Mathematician Hong Wang becomes the third woman to receive the Fields Medal, for solving the century-old Kakeya needle problem in three dimensions together with Joshua Zahl.
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NewsJul 31, 202642 out of 42: this 17-year-old high schooler achieves a perfect score at the Olympiad
Alex Chui, a 17-year-old British high schooler, achieved a perfect score at the 2026 International Mathematical Olympiad, picking up a record seven medals in seven appearances along the way.
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Math HistoryJul 31, 2026Sak Tahn Waax: the Maya mathematician who signed his equations on the walls
Discovered at Xultún in Guatemala: the signature of the first formally identified Maya mathematician, Sak Tahn Waax, who calculated the cycles of Venus and Mars around 781 CE.
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Maths and artJul 13, 2026The Sagrada Família was hiding a mathematical code — and a researcher found it on a Saturday afternoon
A Barcelona mathematician discovers that the Sagrada Família is built on a 7.5-metre module and the proportions of the divisors of 12. Here's how.
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Math HistoryJul 09, 2026These scrolls charred by Vesuvius have just been read for the first time — thanks to math
Researchers have succeeded in reading a papyrus scroll charred by Vesuvius in 79 AD, using tomography, phase contrast, and artificial intelligence.
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NewsJun 29, 2026125 years of waiting: how three mathematicians finally linked Newton to Boltzmann
A team of mathematicians has finally solved Hilbert's sixth problem, linking the equations of Newton, Boltzmann, and Navier-Stokes after 125 years of research.
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Everyday MathJun 29, 2026Two billion smartphones turned into a seismograph network
Explanation of the Android earthquake alert system that turns the accelerometers of two billion phones into an early earthquake detection network.
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NewsJun 29, 2026Missing since 1906, this leaf from Archimedes resurfaces in the Loire
Victor Gysembergh has found a leaf from the Archimedes palimpsest, missing since 1906, hidden beneath an illumination of the prophet Daniel at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Blois.
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NewsJun 25, 20262026 World Cup: 25,000 simulations crown Spain world champion
Using 25,000 simulations and the Monte Carlo method, Opta predicts Spain will be 2026 world champion with a 16.1% chance. But this figure illustrates the paradox of 48-team tournaments: even the top favorite has an 84% chance of not winning.
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NewsJun 24, 2026Terence Tao warns: AI is writing proofs that no one can read
Terence Tao warns of a new threshold: AI is accelerating proof formalization, but producing results too verbose for humans to understand.
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EducationJun 23, 2026Can you learn fractions by shooting a basketball?
A Norwegian study demonstrates that basketball exercises help students aged 11 to 13 improve by 15% in fractions, thanks to learning through the body.
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NewsJun 19, 2026When AI "solves" a conjecture without proof: mathematicians fight back
The mathematical community is mobilizing in response to AI's claims. The Leiden Declaration draws the line between generating and verifying proofs.
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