Hieroglyphs on the wall of a Maya building record calculations concerning the orbits of Earth, Mars and Venus, as well as the ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Those of you who have been following my writing for a few ...

Before enrolling at the University of Chicago in 2009, Olga Turanova and Jessica Lin had heard that graduate students in mathematics enjoy a special feeling of community here. "It certainly is true," ...

This 75-minute teacher webinar focused on the ways in which the Maya have used the Sun to track time for thousands of years. Ancestral calendars are relevant today to millions of Maya communities in ...

The BA in astrophysical and planetary sciences provides students with a unified view of solar and space sciences, planetary systems (our solar system and others), stellar and galactic astronomy, and ...

This time of year, many people are talking about movies and the Academy Awards. Three movies caught my interest this year: Interstellar, The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game. Each one ...