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Your death can be predicted. Here’s how.
Modern predictive analytics rely on vast data sets and machine learning algorithms to analyze factors influencing mortality, such…
Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of
Debbie Passey, The University of Melbourne Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to…
Researchers Uncover First Natural Molecular Fractal in Cyanobacterium Enzyme
At a Glance An international team of researchers, led by groups from the Max Planck Institute in Marburg…
The Number 37.
When asked to pick a random number between 1 and 100, people tend to select the number 37…
Do Odd Perfect Numbers Exist?
Learn about the oldest unsolved problem in mathematics, which dates back 2000 years. The problem revolves around the…
Standing On the Edge of an Infinite Universe
The concept of an infinite universe raises questions about the beginning of the universe, its expansion, and the…
A Rare Merger of Physics and Finance
Learn the contributions of Louis Bachelier, Ed Thorpe, and the groundbreaking work of Fischer Black, Myron Scholes, and…
Anyone can play Tetris, but architects, engineers and animators alike use the math concepts underlying the game
Tetris has hooked people for decades. AP Photo/Richard Drew Leah McCoy, Wake Forest University With its bright colors,…
Mathematical Historian Unearths Early Decimal System by Venetian Merchant
At a Glance A recent discovery by a mathematical historian at Trinity Western University in Canada has shed…
A Year In Math: The Best of 2023 Mathematics
Quanta Magazine recounts the best and the brightest of 2023’s studies in the field of mathematics.