Math – not college faculty's belief that female students lack brilliance – points to why fewer women are in STEM fields, research at the University of Kansas shows. The findings challenge a study ...

Ukrainian professor Maryna Viazovska received top mathematics prize Fields Medal alongside three others – Copyright AFP Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS Ukraine’s Maryna ...

This month, the mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck became the first woman to win one of the field’s most prestigious awards, the Abel Prize, which is awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Fields Medal, whose origins date back to the 1930s, will be issued again this year in August to up to four of the world's most accomplished mathematicians under the age of 40. In a commentary for ...

Ukraine's Maryna Viazovska paid tribute to those suffering in her war-torn country on Tuesday when she became the second woman to be awarded the Fields Medal, known as the Nobel prize for mathematics.