It was Jan. 30, 1968, the eve of the Lunar New Year. In Vietnam, this holiday is known as Tet, and tradition on Tet calls for a ceasefire in time of war. However, that tradition served as the cover ...

Here is the core endeavor of spiritual practice: transcending finite mind. The finite mind of “I-Me-Me-My” is inherently dualistic — it operates by creating distinctions between subject and object, ...

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms. All of modern mathematics is built on ...

13.8 billion years ago, what we know as our Universe began with the hot Big Bang. It's been expanding and cooling ever since, up through and including the present day. From our point-of-view, we can ...

NOVA: How do mathematicians define infinity? Netz: Something which is equal to some of its parts. That's really the technical definition. NOVA: Is there a difference between the mathematical concept ...