The world can be explained with math. New Scientist's Ian Stewart has compiled the seven equations that you – or anything else for that matter — could not exist without. Stewart selected the equations ...

Equations are the bedrock of science, expressing how numbers or physical properties relate at a fundamental level. Without equations, most of our technology would never have been invented. We may have ...

A new biology breakthrough has important implications for plants as they adapt to a warming environment, say authors of a new report. It is rare in biology that a single trait can answer questions ...