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This network physicist is mapping the world’s most significant data to create the most beautiful visualizations of information we have ever seen.

We bake pies for Pi Day, so why not celebrate other mathematical achievements.

A person saved is a person earned.

Although we still don’t know the question, we know that the answer to life, the Universe, and everything is 42. Here are 5 possibilities.

Spend well, save well, live well.

ATD 2024 challenged us to make moments of recovery part of our daily practice. Here’s how each keynote speaker advised finding that balance.

A woman’s name would undermine the credibility of the mission. Names of former Nazis, however, were no problem.

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Ethan Mollick, associate professor at the Wharton School, explains why we have to crack the machine-buddy problem.

Are breakthroughs really a matter of chance, or are they simply waiting to be uncovered by the right person at the right time?

Holograms preserve all of an object’s 3D information, but on a 2D surface. Could the holographic Universe idea lead us to higher dimensions?

They’re not just watching you; they’re also calculating.

First derived by Emmy Noether, for every symmetry a theory possesses, there’s an associated conserved quantity. Here’s the profound link.

It’s the best-known transcendental number of all-time, and March 14 (3/14 in many countries) is the perfect time to celebrate Pi (π) Day!

A human hand has the power to split wooden planks and demolish concrete blocks. A trio of physicists investigated why this feat doesn’t shatter our bones.

With a record-setting $1.9 billion jackpot, you’d think it’s a no-brainer to buy a Powerball ticket. But the math truly shows otherwise.

The use of the letter x as an unknown is a relatively modern convention.

Does it have a deeper significance — or is it just a number?

While ice itself is slick, slippery, and difficult to navigate across under most circumstances, skaters easily glide across the ice.

Surprisingly, multimodal large language models struggle to read time on analog clocks.

Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.

Beyond stars, galaxies, and gravity, studying the fundamental workings of nature reveals widely applicable lessons for learners everywhere.

Probability, lacking solid theoretical foundations and burdened with paradoxes, was jokingly called the “theory of misfortune.”

Intellectual humility demands that we examine our motivations for holding certain beliefs.

It’s spooky, and it’s happening all around us. And inside us.

The solution involves the infamous Navier-Stokes equations, which are so difficult, there is a $1-million prize for solving them.

The smartest person in the world was Isaac Newton, a true polymath whose brilliance never has been, nor ever will be, surpassed.

Parity tasks (such as odd and even categorisation) are considered abstract and high-level numerical concepts in humans.

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The authors call it “wildly theoretical” — but let’s take a look, anyway.