The crow stared at the screen, as it had many times before. Six shapes appeared. Five were neat, balanced, regular; one was not. The crow tilted its head, paused, and tapped the odd one out. A chime ...

Five Babylonian tablets revealed that these ancient people were using sophisticated geometry Sophisticated geometry - the branch of mathematics that deals with shapes - was being used at least 1,400 ...

This cuneiform tablet may re-write the history of math and astronomy. Trustees of the British Museum/Mathieu Ossendrijver As one of the brightest objects in the night sky, the planet Jupiter has been ...