We will never run out of numbers, but here are some of the biggest numbers scientists, physicists and mathematicians have come across and had to name: Avogadro’s number: This number, most easily ...

(CNN) — You know you’re a geek if you felt all warm and fuzzy inside when you read that headline. If you got here by accident, here’s the news: The biggest prime number yet has been discovered.

Another visit to the prime number theorem shows there are approximately 10 17,425,163 primes less than the next-largest known prime. That sounds impressive until you realize 10 17,425,163 is less ...