NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the oldest known tadpole, new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption.

Or about the work we’re doing to reveal the mysteries of our universe through quantum research? This science, known as “fundamental” or “basic” research, includes using space as a laboratory to probe ...

Known as the "infinite monkey theorem", the thought-experiment has long been used to explain the principles of probability and randomness. However, a new peer-reviewed study led by Sydney-based ...

(Courtesy: iStock/GlobalP) According to the well-known thought experiment, the infinite monkeys theorem, a monkey randomly pressing keys on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time would eventually ...

This concept—known as the Infinite Monkey Theorem—suggests that, given infinite time and random chance, any sequence of text, including something as complex as Shakespeare's back catalog ...

a fundamental principle of geometry, using trigonometry. Many mathematicians over the years have proved the theorem using algebra and geometry. For thousands of years, a proof using trigonometry ...

Many mathematicians over the years have explained why the theorem works using algebra and geometry. In contrast, Jackson and Johnson were able to prove it using trigonometry — a subbranch of ...

Two New Orleans students who solved the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry have had their discovery confirmed by the math community after their findings were published in the American ...

What began as a bonus question in a high school math contest has resulted in a staggering 10 new ways to prove the ancient mathematical rule of Pythagoras' theorem. "There are no trigonometric proofs ...

So fundamental is the Pythagorean Theorem (a2 + b2 = c2) to trigonometry, proving it using that form of math didn’tappear doable without circular reasoning. However, Live Science reports th ...

Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson have published 10 trigonometric proofs of the Pythagorean theorem, a feat thought impossible for 2,000 years.