Mathematics
This excellent guide to the science of uncertainty is very welcome
Adam Kucharski's new book Proof is a life raft in a sea of fake news and misinformation
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Mathematics
Why the long history of calculating pi will never be completed
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Mathematics
How breaking the rules of tic-tac-toe makes it way more fun
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Mind
We are all bad at choosing random numbers in our own unique way
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Mathematics
Barcodes: How they could be your latest mathematical party trick
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Physics
The 100-year-old symmetry theorem that is still changing physics today
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Mathematics
Maths quirk explains why crosswords are so hard 鈥� until they aren’t
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Mathematics
How a typo spoiled my proof of Fermat鈥檚 last theorem
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Mathematics
This mathematical trick lets you work out the weekday of any date
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Mathematicians found 鈥� and fixed 鈥� an error in a 60-year-old proof
As part of a project to make mathematics machine-readable, mathematicians have discovered an error in an important proof. Thankfully there was a fix, but the incident highlights the potential for other errors to be lurking in the mathematics literature
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Mathematics
Mathematicians spent 2024 unravelling proof almost no one understands
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Mathematics
The surprising maths that explains why coincidences are so common
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Mathematics
Mathematicians have discovered a mind-blowing new kind of infinity
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Technology
AI maths assistant could help solve problems that humans are stuck on
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