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Mathematician claims to have cracked the annoying puzzle of fitting a sofa around a corner.
Turns out that monkeys (or chimps) can't randomly type Shakespeare's works even if they were given billions of years to try.
The bizarre world of prime numbers gets a new addition.
"If change is the only constant in nature, it is written in the language of geometry."
DeepMind's AI achieves medal-level performance in the International Mathematical Olympiad
It's a major breakthrough in both math and physics.
Talagrand's work has been impactful in a number of fields, from physics to AI.
New study exposes the slight biases in our trusty coin toss.
Decoding the age-old riddle of the Möbius strip’s perfect length
The renowned Abel Prize, sometimes referred to as the "Nobel" of mathematics, was awarded to Argentina-born Luis A. Caffarelli.
Algorithms are impacting our lives in a big way.
University students at MIT couldn't tell if the math problems they were shown were proposed by a human or a machine.
The brain can count small numbers or compare large ones. But it struggles to understand the value of a single large number. This fact may be influencing how people react to numbers about the pandemic.
The Abel Prize is perhaps the most prestigious award in mathematics.
Counting is hard when your language doesn't have words for numbers.
It's the closest thing we have to an equation that can predict pandemics.
Most traffic jams are unnecessary and can be avoided, a duo of mathematicians claim.
This isn't the first time researchers have had a crack at the shape of an egg.
That's a bit overkill.
The tablet shows that ancient Babylonians used Pythagorean triples to survey plots of land a thousand years before Pythagoras was born.
Mathematics to the rescue!
Monostable inflatable buildings are *so* last year.
The findings suggest that gender differences in math are socially-induced rather than innately biological.
The two mathematicians are true pioneers in their fields.
The researchers were inspired by Srinivasa Ramanujan who made 6,165 conjectures before he died at 32.
Using computer models, scientists in Brazil explored what drives 'pandemic dreams'.
It's one of the highest distinctions you can get in mathematics.
It's the "Nobel" of mathematics -- and we'll see who wins it within a day.
It's the study you never knew you had to read.
For three and a half centuries, the three-body-problem has given mathematicians headaches. Now, a new study is bringing us one step closer to solving it.
Climate change and poverty can increase the risk of an outbreak, researchers warn.
42 may or may not be the answer to everything -- but it's definitely a solution for this math problem.
Each of the group's 347 scientists, will get around US$8,600.
Don't let your brain put real-life information into math problems.
The beauty of math is embedded in nature.
Being an actor isn't easy -- at least for 90% of those trying to make it.
We need more kings awarding prizes to people in STEM.
Don't blame George Martin or HBO for killing your favorite character -- blame reality!
She brought a new understanding of mathematics, while helping to change a corrosive culture in academia.
You could hardly imagine a worthier recipient.
We're all humans, and that might mean that we're all conformists to a degree.
An anime math problem? My favorite.
A problem that turned out to have more sides than initially thought.
This could be huge.
We don't often think about mathematics as being beautiful, but perhaps we should.
It all started with an intriguing post on Reddit.
Talk about a special mind.
Humans are inherently ill-suited to assess odds -- this book aims to help.
Who would have guessed tiling is so complex?
As far as modern tech and know-how is concerned, zero is the hero.
