A New Formula for Pi Is Here. And It’s Pushing Scientific Boundaries. 12.6%
Popular Mechanics - By Caroline Delbert - 7/7/2026, 6:38 PM
Appeal to Authority 36.5% - Biased Writer Voice 36.4% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 22%
While building a simpler model for particle interactions, physicists found a new representation involving pi—not a new value for pi, and not a replacement for the one you learned in school. Representations of pi help scientists use values close to real life without storing a million digits. The making of the new pi involved using a... more