Today marks National Pi Day in the United States and around the world. The holiday commemorates a timeless symbol beloved by many in mathematical and scientific communities, while making the most of ...

SNOHOMISH — For some of us, it’s the one day of the year to like math. With or without ice cream on top. Today is National Pi Day, aka an excuse-to-eat-pie day. Teachers serve up fun lessons on ...

Did you know there are holidays for almost everything? While the U.S. may have 11 official federal holidays, there are actually thousands of quirky, themed days that make the calendar a whole lot more ...

The famous mathematical ratio, estimated to more than 22 trillion digits (and counting), is the perfect symbol for our species’ long effort to tame infinity. By Steven Strogatz This article, ...

Math enthusiasts around the world, from college kids to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day on Thursday, which is March 14 or 3/14 — the first three digits of an infinite number with many practical ...

KUSA – If you're a math nerd, March 14 is a pretty magical day. And this year, 03/14/15 is especially awesome. And while some use Pi Day as an excuse to eat pie (the food)/make puns, others use Pi Day ...

For mathematicians, Saturday is a once-in-a-century celebration of mystery. Pi -- the number denoted in shorthand as 3.1415 -- is an irrational number with an infinite number of digits. Mathematicians ...

Anyone who's had to learn math or physics in school may have encountered pi at one point. More popularly known and written out in its Greek lowercase letter counterpart, π, it's essentially the ratio ...

CORONA DEL MAR — Karina Grover wore a lime green T-shirt with the pi symbol, as she sat perched at a table covered in pi swag at Mathnasium. There was a pi coloring sheet, pi trivia, lime-green pi ...

This article has been updated from the original post, which appeared on March 14, 2013. March 14, when written as 3/14, represents the first three digits of pi (π), the ratio of the circumference of a ...