It was a problem that had baffled mathematicians for centuries – until British professor Andrew Wiles set his mind to it. “There are no whole number solutions to the equation xn + yn = zn when n is ...

Right now, the best place to look for nerdy sweets is, of course, The Simpsons. It has a writing staff chockablock with mathematicians, so, inevitably funny little math bits creep in. The jokes they ...

Here's a scene from "The Royale," an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that aired March 27, 1989. In it, Captain Jean-Luc Picard tells his First Officer, Commander Riker, about his work in ...