Maggi Ajjayya, Kottur’s “Computer Man,” amazes social media with lightning-fast mental math. Despite only studying till 8th grade and surviving by begging, his calculation tricks have gone viral.

Before telescopes spotted Neptune, mathematicians used Newton’s laws to predict its existence from Uranus’s orbital oddities. That same method fuels today’s search for the elusive Planet Nine. It’s a ...

A new series for the Health and Science section aims to make complex topics easy to dissect, and maybe even help people ‘fall in love’ with math. Credit...Crystal Zapata Supported by By Josh Ocampo ...