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Ramanujian's Deathbed Problem Cracked
Wolfram's 2,3 Turing Machine Is Universal!
Where Do the Laws of Nature Come From?
How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System?
The Best Graphing Calculator on the Market?
How the Pentagon Got Its Shape
Largest Twin Prime Yet Discovered
Forget Math to Become a Great Computer Scientist?
Best Way To Teach Oneself Math?
Calculating the Date of Easter
Have Mathematics Exams Become Easier?
Bad Math Causes Explosion at CERN Collider
Chinese Prof Cracks SHA-1 Data Encryption Scheme
Claimed Proof of Riemann Hypothesis
Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering?
I Will Derive
Open Source 'Sage' Takes Aim at High End Math Software
Optimum Copyright Period Decided by Math
Wolfram's 2,3 Turing Machine Not Universal
111 Years Ago, Indiana Almost Legislated Pi
A Mighty Number Falls
Bringing Science and Math Into Writing?
Can Statistics Predict the Outcome of a War?
Möbius Strip Riddle Solved
Numerically Approximating the Wave Equation?
Party Ideas For Math Nerds?
The Accidental Astrophysicists
Light-based Quantum Circuit Does Basic Maths
Patterns in Lottery Numbers
4D Analogue of Megaminx Puzzle
A Step Towards Proving the Riemann Hypothesis
AJAX Version of Mathematica Coming
Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
E8 Structure Decoded
Edward Lorenz, Father of Chaos Theory, Dies at 90
Full Net Census Takes a Hint From xkcd
Is Mathematics Discovered Or Invented?
New Method for Rendering Particles Outlined
Own Your Own 128-Bit Integer
Rubik's Cube Algorithm Cut Again, Down to 23 Moves
Six-Dimensional Space-Time Theory
Text Compressor 1% Away From AI Threshold
The Big Bang Vs. the Big Rumble
Tweaking The Math Behind Political Representation
US State Dept. Loses Anti-Terrorist Program Laptops
Discouraging Students from Taking Math
Does Mathematical Tuning Make Games Better?
Has the Higgs Boson Particle Field Been Hiding in Plain Sight?
Mathematicians Solve the Mystery of Traffic Jams
Open Source Math
Riding the Failure Cascade
SMS 4x More Expensive Than Data From Hubble
Strict Order Boarding Would Get Planes in the Sky Faster
The Gradual Public Awareness of the Might of Algorithms
The Math of Text Readability
The Uncertain Future of Global Population Numbers
USB 3 in 2008, 10 Times as Fast
Brains Hard-Wired for Math
Rubik's Cube Proof Cut To 25 Moves
Kilogram Reference Losing Weight
Statistical Accuracy of Internet Weather Forecasts
Old Islamic Tile Patterns Show Modern Math Insight
Alternate Baseball Universes
Black Hole Information Loss Paradox Solution Proposed
Busting the MythBusters' Yawn Experiment
Controversy Over 140-Year-Old Math Problem
Economic Analysis of Toilet Seat Position
Encouraging Students to Drop Mathematics
Formula For Procrastination Found
Government Efficiency and Network Theory
Happy Pi Day
Mathematica 6 Launched
Mathematicians Design Invisible Tunnel
NIST Publishes Preview of Math Reference
Optical Solution For an NP-Complete Problem?
Road Coloring Problem Solved
Schoolboy Corrects NASA's Math On Killer Asteroid
Terabytes of Mars Pictures Released to Public
The Fallacy of Hard Tests
The Geometry of Music
The Grammy In Mathematics
Wednesday Is Pi Day
Wolfram Offers Prize For (2,3) Turing Machine
Bruce Schneier On Perceived and Real Risks
Checkers Solved, Unbeatable Database Created
Cryptography Expert Sounds Alarm At Possible Math Hack
Experiment Shows Traffic 'Shock Waves' Cause Jams
Experts Now Say JFK Bullet Analysis Was Wrong
FBI Bullet Analysis Technique Invalidated With Science
Former Crypto-Analyst Analyzes the Danger of Nuclear Weapon Stockpiles
Leopard Claims Half the Japanese OS Market In October
NIST Opens Competition for a New Hash Algorithm
New Similarity Index Speeds File-Sharing
Newton's Second Law, Revisited
Psychologists Don't Know Math
The Gap Between Stats and Understanding In Flu Cases
The Science Education Myth
Western-Style Voting 'A Loser'
Winnie Wrote a Math Book
Higher Pay for Math and Science Teachers
String Theory in Two Minutes
The Evolution of Language
A New Theory of Everything?
Boys with Longer Ring Fingers are Better at Math
New Spam Site Found Every Three Seconds
The Real MIT Blackjack Mastermind
Celebrating the HP-35 Calculator With a New Model
Mathematician Predicts Yankees To Dominate
Perfect Silicon Sphere to Redefine the Kilogram
Price Optimization Software Big in Retail Business
Stephen Hawking Turned Down Knighthood
Art with a Mathematical Twist
Computer Scientists Grow a Better Virtual Tree
Creative Sued for Base-10 Capacities On HDD MP3 Players
Geohashing Meets an Angry Rancher With Firearms
IBM Using Complex Math To Manage Natural Disasters