Gizmodo

A Brief History of Our Obsession With Prime Numbers—and Where the Hunt Goes Next

A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like tally marks, may have represented ...
The Conversation

Prime numbers, the building blocks of mathematics, have fascinated for centuries − now technology is revolutionizing the search for them

Jeremiah Bartz owns shares in Nvidia. A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like ...

Powerball jackpot has jumped to $1.7 billion, the 4th largest in history. When is the next drawing, and what are your chances of winning?

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.7 billion — the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball history — after no ...
Dallas Morning News

Count on it: The history of the Social Security number

I have a granddaughter who is a junior in high school. Recently, she needed to write a report for her history class on any subject related to a federal government program. Because she knew that her ...