Russia’s crypto ambitions are rising fast, but behind the innovation lies espionage, corruption, and a global game of digital cat and mouse.

His prediction became known as the universality conjecture. The idea was “crazy,” Yau said. “Many people didn’t believe what he was saying.” But over time, he and other mathematicians proved that the ...

It all starts with something called the Kakeya conjecture. A “conjecture” is a math guess—an idea that seems true, but nobody has proven it yet. The Kakeya problem is about figuring out the ...

Israeli-American mathematician Dennis Gaitsgory was awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for his role in the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture in early April. Gaitsgory has ...

The British brig Dei Gratia was about 400 miles east of the Azores on December 5, 1872, when crew members spotted a ship adrift in the choppy seas. Capt. David Morehouse was taken aback to ...