Gerd Faltings, a number theorist at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany, has won the 2026 Abel Prize, ...

Gerd Faltings proved a conjecture that had been unsolved for six decades, using connections between numbers and geometry.

The federal government is warning consumers about repeated, late-night phone calls: Unless you know someone in Mauritania, don’t call the number back. The new robocall scam targets U.S. phone numbers ...

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