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, ...

When Fibonacci introduced what would become an eponymous sequence, he did so using rabbits as an analogy. Breeding pairs of rabbits are able to multiply within their ranks infinitely. Unfortunately, ...

It’s wild to think that a math puzzle from the 1200s is now helping power AI, encryption, and the digital world we live in.

Your teacher was right – math is everywhere, and it turns out that even whales use it. Stunning drone video has captured two massive humpback whales in Antarctica creating a Fibonacci spiral, ...