The asterisk (*) is the wildcard character that represents any sequence of characters, including when there are no characters at all. It’s the most flexible of the bunch, since it can replace any ...

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

REDUCE allows you to iterate through your data, building your result step-by-step, in the same way a loop operates in a programming language. Instead of scattering your intermediate calculations ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

The Powerball jackpot rose to $344 million for the Saturday, Oct. 25, drawing after no one on Wednesday, Oct. 22, took home the top prize. If a ticket matches all five numbers plus the Powerball in ...

Prizes for Florida Lottery games must be claimed within 180 days (six months) from the date of the drawing. According to Florida Lottery's website, winners cannot remain anonymous, but experts and ...

When you play Mega Millions you need to choose six numbers from two separate pools for the drawing. Players choose five numbers between 1 and 70 for the white balls and one number for a gold ball from ...

No one won the Powerball jackpot in the Wednesday, Oct. 22, drawing. The winning numbers were 18, 37, 52, 54, 60, and the Powerball was 12. A single ticket sold in Delaware matched five numbers to win ...

The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $680 million after no one won the grand prize in the last drawing. A ticket sold in Illinois won $3 million by matching five numbers plus the Multiplier in the ...

All Tennessee Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $599. For prizes over $599, winners can submit winning tickets through the mail or in person at Tennessee Lottery offices. By mail, send a ...

NBC News’ Kristen Welker on Wednesday asked Mehmet Oz — the former talk show host and heart surgeon who now runs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — about President Donald Trump’s ...