What does the word 'infinity' mean? The word infinity is derived from the Latin word "infinite", which means infinity and has no limit or end. As a result, infinity has become a popular and very ...

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: December 3, 1616, 401 years ago today -- a big day for mathematics ... a very, VERY big day. For that day saw the birth in England of John Wallis, the ...

A twisted ring of gas stretching more than 600 light-years across the heart of the Milky Way galaxy has been observed in its entirety for the first time. The gaseous ring, which gives birth to new ...