“If you want to live a long life, keep a little aged wine and an old friend,” Pythagoras advised as a way to achieve the longevity so many desire and that, unfortunately, seems within reach of only a ...

Although Pythagoras is best known for developing the theorem that bears his name, his influence and significance go far beyond his contributions in mathematics. He was not only a mathematician but ...

Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...

The 111th Alumni Day showcased how Princetonians are fulfilling the University’s commitment to service and standing up for ...

In setting out to trace the origins of theatre and drama, literary historians have conceded that the matter is made a bit more difficult because of the absence of historical records. Where western ...

Dr. Gladys Mae West, a pioneering mathematician whose little-recognized work in a Naval lab helped create GPS, died Jan. 17 ...

Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform. By Siobhan Roberts A few weeks ago, a high school student emailed Martin ...

The 2026 IRA limit is $7,500 for those under 50 and $8,600 for those over 50 because of catch-up contributions. Exceeding IRA contribution limits incurs a 6% tax penalty each year. SEP and SIMPLE IRAs ...

As a young girl in the Jim Crow-era South, Gladys West passed the time counting fenceposts, dreaming of life beyond her family farm south of Richmond. Each day, she walked three miles to a segregated ...