The number of reported measles cases in the United States has hit 1,288 in the first six months of this year, the most since ...

In nuclear physics, "magic numbers" identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei.

Some numbers are so unimaginably large that they defy the bounds of modern mathematics, and now mathematicians are closing in ...

For the last 21 years, the record of the highest individual score in Test cricket history has stood with one man. The inimitable Brian Lara, the only man to score a quadruple-century, when he blazed ...