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All About the Math Behind the “Catan” Board Game
The placement of properties and the probability of generating resources based on dice rolls are key factors in…
Why OpenAI developing an artificial intelligence that’s good at maths is such a big deal
Daboost / Shutterstock Tom Oliver, University of Westminster With the recent sacking and swift rehiring of Sam Altman…
Mathematical Model Reveals Cellular Flows in Chick Embryos
At a Glance One of the fundamental questions in biology is how cells organize themselves to form complex…
Springs and Prisms Are Apparently Related
You’d think that a prism and a spring wouldn’t have much in common, but a thread traverses through…
This Math Exam Question Baffled Everyone
Years ago, students across the United States were confused about a particular question in that year’s SATs, and…
There’s More to Parallel Lines Than Meets the Eye.
Euclid aimed to complete the arduous task of compiling all they knew of mathematics at the time. The…
There’s Something Mathematically Unique About the One World Trade Center
The beautiful One World Trade Center stands as a New York icon—but there appears to be more to…
“Computer Space” launched the video game industry — then fell into a black hole
Computer Space was innovative, but how was it to play? Ed Fries, CC BY-ND Noah Wardrip-Fruin, University of…
How Do You Find the Average of Everything?
Finding the “average” of a set of numbers is easy enough to some people, but how do you…
How Did We Get Around to Solving for X?
We always seem to supplant the unknown with the letter “X,” but its history stretches far beyond its…