Before enrolling at the University of Chicago in 2009, Olga Turanova and Jessica Lin had heard that graduate students in mathematics enjoy a special feeling of community here. "It certainly is true," ...

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WAUKESHA, Wis. – Understanding astronomy isn’t just about exploring the universe through a telescope. It’s understanding the laws of physics, challenging theories, and testing ideas with simulations.

A gravitational lens can do more than reveal details of the distant universe. In an unexpected collision of astrophysics and algebra, it seems that this cosmic mirage can also be used to peer into the ...

Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college in the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News is introducing ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This 75-minute teacher webinar focused on the ways in which the Maya have used the Sun to track time for thousands of years. Ancestral calendars ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Four scientists have shared a total of $1.2 million in this year's Crafoord prizes in astronomy and mathematics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science said. The ...

THE first edition of this work appeared in 1930 and the second edition in 1933. Two reprints of the later edition appeared in 1934 and 1935 and the present volume is a third reprint. While the book is ...