Math
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Studying the Strangest Man
September 15, 2009
Graham Farmelo explains why Paul Dirac may be the 20th century’s most misunderstood physicist, and speculates that Dirac may have had undiagnosed autism.
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Inside the Mathematical Mind
July 21, 2009
Mariana Cook’s stunning portraits and narration from her subjects offers a candid look at the secret lives of mathematicians.
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The Extinction Oscillator
June 29, 2009
Sometimes, something kills nearly all life on the entire planet. But is there a regular cycle to this creation and destruction of Earth’s biodiversity?
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Mikhail Gromov Wins Abel Prize
March 26, 2009
Russian-French mathematician wins the Abel Prize for his revolutionary contributions to geometry.
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The Damnedest Lies
October 30, 2008
The success of fivethirtyeight.com is a credit not only to statistical prowess but also to keen intuition about social habits.
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The Statistical Universe
October 17, 2008
We look up to an expanse of sky that is billions of light-years in size, but the universe may be far larger than what we are able to see.
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The Shape of Music
July 09, 2008
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Intimate with Einstein
May 24, 2007
A new biography of Albert Einstein reveals the humanity behind the genius.
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Prime Numbers Get Hitched
March 27, 2006
In their search for patterns, mathematicians have uncovered unlikely connections between prime numbers and quantum physics. Will the subatomic world help reveal the elusivenature of the primes?
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A Grave Discovery
November 08, 2005
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The Odds of Discovery
October 01, 2005
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The Ascent of Sand
September 30, 2005
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Innovation
Let There Be Light
Astronomers will soon find scores of Earth-sized exoplanets, but imaging them may be decades away. That is, unless NASA decides to build a starshade.
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Ideas
Into the Uncanny Valley
New findings shed light on a century’s worth of bizarre explanations for the eerie feeling we get around lifelike robots.
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World
Signs from Above
The release of an apocalyptic movie prompts NASA to debunk planetary rumors, fowl play shuts down the LHC, and the Catholic Church discusses alien life.
