Here's a very weird question.What numbers subjectively feels closer to 10,nine or 11?Most people answer that 11 feels closereven though they both differ by one.If you don't believe me on that ...

ELLENSBURG, Wash. - Math students at Central Washington University say they've broken a 37-year-old world record for the largest weird number - a figure that stretches 226 digits long. Weird numbers - ...

Mathematics is often about uncovering patterns. For example, certain areas of topology revolve around categorizing knots or geometric shapes, and number theory explores properties such as the ...

(via Veritasium) There's a strange number system, featured in the work of a dozen Fields Medalists, that helps solve problems that are intractable with real numbers.

Do you find an odd comfort in the uncanny, regular intonations of a Numbers Station? Then check out [edent]’s numbers station project, which leverages the browser’s speech synthesis engine to deliver ...

Our animal brains deal with quantities in very specific, and fascinating, ways. Would it surprise you to learn that fish and birds count in pretty much the same way that we do? And that infants can do ...