Have you ever gone through a period of time where you saw the same number everywhere? Perhaps your morning coffee costs $3.33, and so does a gallon of gas when you fill up your car. Maybe then you log ...

What is the most bizarre real number that you can imagine? Probably many people think of an irrational number such as pi (π) or Euler’s number. And indeed, such values can be considered “wild.” After ...

Have you noticed that you see the repeating number 666 a lot? You look out the car window to see 666 on a license plate. Your eyes get wide and you wonder, Is that a bad omen? What did that mean?

Humans as a species are adept at using numbers, but our mathematical ability is something we share with a surprising array of other creatures. One of the key findings over the past decades is that our ...