Seventeenth century mathematician Johannes Kepler defined some basic rules for the how the planets move, and given his predilections for contemplating spheres, he suggested in 1611 that the most ...

Read more: Click here to read the original, longer version of this story. WHAT is the best way to stack a collection of spheres? This age-old problem, known by fruit sellers everywhere, now has ...

On December 21 and 22 at a function held in Kumbakonam, in Tamil Nadu, Maryna Viazovska, Ukrainian mathematician who is currently based at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, was awarded ...

In 1611 German mathematician Johannes Kepler made a conjecture about the densest way to stack oranges or other spheres with a minimum of space between them. It seemed nothing could beat the standard ...

Johannes Kepler experimented with different ways of stacking spheres. He concluded that the 'face-centred cubic lattice' was best. But, how do you prove it? Show more Sir Walter Raleigh was a poet, ...

Winter means tangerines. The joy of sitting in a warm room and peeling tangerines until your fingers turn yellow is a luxury that can only be savored in winter. As I was eating tangerines, I looked at ...