In mid-March, the mathematicians Joshua Greene and Andrew Lobb found themselves in the same situation: locked down and struggling to adjust while the COVID-19 pandemic grew outside their doors. They ...

Well, what is the best way to cut a sandwich in half? Surely triangles don't really have "more sandwich," right? That's geometry and the law of conservation of matter. But something about the ...

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An important lesson in every geometry class is learning the differences between rectangles and squares. So, as we start a brand new school year, let’s keep this challenge incredibly simple: In the ...

Today’s two questions test your geometrical smarts. The first is about a triangle, the second about a square. 1. Tricky triangle This one was sent in by a reader, aged 85, who first saw it in 1960. He ...