The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A new proof has brought mathematicians one step closer to understanding the hidden order of those “atoms of arithmetic,” the prime ...

A red knot is a tiny shorebird that makes an epic 9000-mile journey all the way from the arctic to the tip of southern Chile and back. Biologists and nature enthusiasts congregate at various points ...

ASHEVILLE - Homelessness, an issue that has dogged the city for years, is experiencing a positive trend with a decline in the number of unhoused people, according to a recent official count, but a ...