HOLLYWOOD’S golden age may have ended in the 1950s, but it is only recently that Tinseltown appears to have hit upon a mathematical way to capitalise on our fickle attention spans. “Film-makers have ...

This video teaches a powerful self-working card trick based entirely on a hidden mathematical principle. No sleight-of-hand ...

Everyone who gambles at anything - and, of course, this includes poker - should know at least a little bit about probability. The chance of an event happening is always between 0 and 1.0. An event ...

is a math professor at Harvey Mudd College, but he's got a side gig, too: as a magician. His new book, "The Magic of Math," combines his two passions — which actually have a lot in common.

One of my fellow contributors here recently wrote a post about leap years and why we have them. This reminded me of modular arithmetic and the formula for calculating the day of the week for any date ...

A method to mathematically prove that a hacker has found a software bug, without revealing details of how the exploit works, could prevent companies from ignoring security vulnerabilities. It is ...