Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

A $1 million prize has been awarded to a mathematician for work that could one day unlock the secrets of prime numbers. The King of Norway will officially present the prestigious Abel prize in ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...