A powerful mathematical technique is used to model melting ice and other phenomena. But it has long been imperiled by certain “nightmare scenarios.” A new proof has removed that obstacle.

Good Samaritans in Alaska are being credited with helping save a pilot and two children who survived a plane crash on an icy lake Sunday night. The Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser and its three ...

For a long time, the Kakeya conjecture, which involves rotating an infinitely narrow needle, kept mathematicians ...

A plane was forced to return home two hours into its journey after a passenger lost their phone mid-flight. Air France flight AF750 was last Friday set to travel from Paris to Pointe-a-Pitre in ...

A United Airlines Boeing 787 jetliner flying from Los Angeles to Shanghai had to turn around last weekend after it was discovered one of the pilots had taken off without a passport, the airline ...

But on Saturday, after the third anniversary of the crash, relatives were still waiting to learn what caused the plane to nosedive from cruising altitude. CAAC and China Eastern did not respond to ...

This might change our understanding of the universe. Scientists have developed a theory that addresses the issue of ...

An ATSB report said the engine cover on the plane had flapped up and down shortly after take-off. A part of the plane was also found to have been fitted with non-conforming rivets, compromising ...

This might change our understanding of the universe. Scientists have developed a theory that eliminates the problem of ...

A pilot and his two young daughters survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by ...

Given a polygon and a curve, consider one edge on the polygon. Find a plane passing through the edge that is tangent to the curve. The endpoints of the edge and the point of tangency define a ...