In a way, this actually makes it simpler. But I'll probably end up using tax preparation software anyway. -via Glenn Reynolds | Image: Daniel J. Velleman...

Did you hear the one about the state that tried to...  ...na, physician who spent his free time dabbling in mathematics . Goodwin’s pet obsession was an old problem kno...

The shapes of some of these plushies will be familiar to many Neatorama readers (standard normal distribution, chi-square, log normal...), but other, more uncommon distributions (Gumbel, Erlang, Cauchy) are also avai...

(Video Link) Sapientia University has created a series of online videos that illustrate different sorting algorithms using folk dances: What you have to do is just check that they are in fact implementing the algor...

A fractal is a fragmented geometric shape that, when split into parts, each part is roughly a smaller copy of the whole, a property called self-similarity. And it makes some damn wild images when you start injecting col...

...on a lumpy leg.  It is, rather, a guilloche pattern, typically seen on banknotes but also incorporated into other works of art and design.  In the past such patterns might have been generated by a geometric lath...

I haven't seen it yet, but apparently last night's episode of Futurama required a mathematical formula to explain a plot element. Producer David X. Cohen is noted for leaving real mathematical statements on screen durin...

For many of us, the first time we appreciated the...  ...up creating some very beautiful artworks based on mathematics and geometry. Sculpture Sculptor Bathsheba Gro...

There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible varying positions for the Rubik's Cube. A team of mathematicians and programmers determined that all of them can be solved within 20 moves: With about 35 CPU-years of idl...

Quick! How many stars are on this flag? No, it's not the American flag we use now, but a pattern with 51 stars, which will be needed if Puerto Rico becomes a state. Mathematician Skip Garibaldi worked out the most geomet...