Imagine a ball rolling down a hill. How can we determine its speed? Since the ball's speed changes over time, we need to measure the distance it travels in a very short period to find its speed. The ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Ishango bone, from Africa's Congo region, has dozens of parallel notches cut into its surface ...

The darker side of Isaac Newton is the theme of a new play currently on show at the New End Theatre in London. Written by the chemist Carl Djerassi, "Calculus" examines Newton's famous dispute with ...

The BBC’s Melvin Bragg can’t get enough of Isaac Newton and the great physicist’s battles with his fellow scientists. This morning Bragg gathered a cabal of Oxbridge historians to chat about the ...

Mathematics is the basis of all science and has come a long way since humans started counting. But when did people start doing math? The answer is complicated because abstract mathematics is thought ...