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Attack on the pentagon results in discovery of new mathematical tile
Joy as mathematicians discover a new type of pentagon that can cover the plane leaving no gaps and with no overlaps. It becomes only the 15th type of pentagon known that can do this, and the first discovered in 30 years
Mathematics
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Aug 11, 2015, 10:51am
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Elusive Quest for One True Kilogram Finally Pays Off
The international system of measurement has a weight problem—and a crystal ball could provide the solution.
Mathematics
Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Thursday, Jul 16, 2015, 10:42am
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Oh my baize! New cue sport LOOP turns pool on its head
Why I built Britain’s first elliptical pool table, for the game of LOOP, which will have its inaugural championship at the Port Eliot Festival later this month.
Mathematics
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Thursday, Jul 16, 2015, 10:42am
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US triumphs in 'hardest ever' maths Olympiad
British team ‘pleased as punch’ with four silver medals and 22nd place overall in annual contest, held this year in Thailand
Mathematics
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Jul 15, 2015, 9:50am
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The World is Full of Circles
In honor of a very special Pi Day, enjoy this map that explores the human-made and natural structures that come closest to a perfect circle
Mathematics
Source: Smithsonian
Posted on: Friday, Mar 13, 2015, 7:56am
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Catch of the day: mathematician nets weird, complex fish
Young maths whizz from Iran uses simple equations to paint stunning images that bizarrely look like marine objects, and makes a fractal Africa
Mathematics
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 24, 2015, 8:51am
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Thank This Geographer for Making Sure New Maps Aren’t a Total Mess
So you fired up your GIS software and made an eye-popping, Christmas-colored map of holiday sales figures. Good job, genius, you’ve created a cartographic calamity: nearly unreadable by the color-blind and merely unintuitive to everyone else. You obviously haven’t met Cindy Brewer.
Mathematics
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 03, 2015, 10:49am
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50,000 Super Bowl simulations, one clear winner
A sophisticated prediction software ran tens of thousands of scenarios and picked one team to win 60 percent of the time
Mathematics
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 29, 2015, 8:11am
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On The Ant Highway, There's Never A Backup
A team of Indian physicists has made a mathematical model that purports to explain why ants don't have traffic jams. NPR's Joe Palca explains as part of his series, Joe's Big Idea.
Mathematics
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015, 9:02am
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Cracking the code to economic success: social scientists are as vital as engineers
History shows us that social scientists are essential if we are to get the most out of our engineering and technological innovations
Mathematics
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 21, 2015, 9:13am
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Big data tops humans at picking 'significant' films: study
In the escalating battle of big data vs. human experts, score another win for numbers.
Mathematics
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 20, 2015, 7:37am
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The golden ratio has spawned a beautiful new curve: the Harriss spiral
Inspired by the golden ratio, mathematician Edmund Harriss discovered a delightful fractal curve that no one had ever drawn before. But it’s not just a pretty picture, it contains some lovely theory – and brings the golden ratio into a family of perfect proportions.
Mathematics
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 13, 2015, 11:06am
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New Algorithms Search for Signs of Consciousness in Brain Injury Patients
After a severe brain injury, some people remain in a vegetative or minimally conscious state, unable to speak or move intentionally, and apparently unaware of the world around them. But in recent years, neuroscientists have found signs that some of these patients may still be conscious, at least to a degree. Now researchers have used a branch of mathematics called graph theory to search for neural signatures of consciousness.
Neuroscience
Source: Wired
Posted on: Friday, Oct 17, 2014, 9:38am
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How Global Shipping Could Change Our Understanding of Biodiversity
A new study argues that the theory biologists use to predict an ecosystem's biodiversity should be modified to account for the global economy. The post How Global Shipping Could Change Our Understanding of Biodiversity appeared first on WIRED.
Mathematics
Source: Wired
Posted on: Thursday, Sep 25, 2014, 8:26am
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First female winner for maths medal
Iranian mathematician Prof Maryam Mirzakhani becomes the first woman to win a Fields Medal at a ceremony in Seoul, South Korea.
Mathematics
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 13, 2014, 7:45am
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Genes that influence children's reading skills also affect their maths
Study suggests that half of the genes that affect 12-year-olds' literacy also play a role in their abilities in mathematics
Genetics
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Jul 09, 2014, 10:22am
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This Is What Math Equations Look Like in 3-D
These mysterious surfaces were made more than a century ago by mathematicians to answer a simple question: What does an equation look like?
Mathematics
Source: Wired
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 25, 2014, 1:42pm
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If You've Never Missed a Flight, You're Probably Wasting Your Time
Do you find yourself spending endless hours waiting at the airport? Here's what math says about the perfect time to arrive for your next flight
Mathematics
Source: Smithsonian
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 24, 2014, 8:43am
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Van Gogh and the Algorithm: How Math Can Save Art
With math equations that analyze brush strokes, new discoveries about the world's greatest art are possible.
Mathematics
Source: TIME Magazine
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 17, 2014, 8:01am
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What’s Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse
The concept is called induced demand, which is economist-speak for when increasing the supply of something (like roads) makes people want that thing even more. Though some traffic engineers made note of this phenomenon at least as early as the 1960s, it is only in recent years that social scientists have collected enough data to show how this happens pretty much every time we build new roads.
Mathematics
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 17, 2014, 8:01am
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How To Marry The Right Girl: A Mathematical Solution
Johannes Kepler, one of the world's great mathematicians, decided to marry in 1611. He made a list of 11 women to interview and he wanted, of course, to choose the best. Here's the formula.
Mathematics
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 7:46am
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How to win at rock-paper-scissors
Mathematicians have found a strategy that may give players of rock-paper-scissors a winning edge.
Mathematics
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Friday, May 02, 2014, 7:55am
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How the ancient Greeks shaped modern mathematics
A Royal Institution animation about a group of revolutionary thinkers who changed the way we see mathematics
Mathematics
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Mar 12, 2014, 7:40am
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Prime number enigma could be solved by simple networks
Is there a pattern behind prime numbers? Networks that reproduce the mathematical relationships between primes and non-primes could tell us    
Mathematics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Mar 03, 2014, 7:41am
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Golden Meaning: 55 graphic artists reveal the maths of the golden ratio
Alex Bellos: The world’s top graphic designers explore the ancient geometrical concept in poetry, food, sculpture, hairstyles and decorative art.Alex Bellos
Mathematics
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014, 7:56am
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Wikipedia-size maths proof too big for humans to check
A computer-assisted proof is so big it may never be checked by a human being – raising questions about the nature of modern mathematics    
Mathematics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014, 7:49am
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Can a Statistical Model Accurately Predict Olympic Medal Counts?
Data miners have developed models that predict countries' medal counts by looking solely at stats like latitude and GDP
Mathematics
Source: Smithsonian
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 06, 2014, 8:29am
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A random wolf on Wall Street could calm stock markets
A simulation suggests that a handful of random investors in a market could stop the cascade of actions that leads to bubbles and crashes    
Mathematics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Friday, Jan 24, 2014, 7:58am
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Towering imagination of a polymath architect-engineer
Crossover by Cecil Balmond blends maths, engineering, art and architecture and adds a dash of mythology. The result is an interdisciplinary masterpiece    
Mathematics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 10, 2013, 10:28am
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Sudden Progress on Prime Number Problem Has Mathematicians Buzzing
Working on the centuries-old twin primes conjecture, two solitary researchers and a massive collaboration have made enormous advances over the last six months.    
Mathematics
Source: Wired
Posted on: Friday, Nov 22, 2013, 7:45am
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