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How the story of a statistics student being late to class became the inspiration for the protagonist of Good Will Hunting.
An Oxford scientist’s controversial theory rethinks dark matter and dark energy.
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There’s concrete tradeoff logic lurking beneath the numbers and market abstractions.
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Why is math the universal language? NASA’s Michelle Thaller solves that one.
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If dark matter is fundamentally different from the normal matter we know, there should be a way to test it. Here are the results. Dark matter — despite the enormous indirect evidence for […]
A large new study pinpoints a technique to achieving better grades and success in life.
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Eric Weinstein says that we need to rethink the current scientific model to allow for more dreaming.
Unbelievably enough, it all comes back to Pythagoras. One of the first theorems anyone learns in mathematics is the Pythagorean Theorem: if you have a right triangle, then the square […]
From anti-gravity pens to cool model kits, these space-themed gifts will make any star gazer very happy.
A surprise on the far side of the Moon.
It’s an incredibly useful approximation. But the truth takes us far deeper. Anyone who’s ever taken a physics course has learned the same myth for centuries now: that any object thrown, […]
People often say, “I’m just not a math person,” but the truth is that no one’s brain is hardwired for math.
Eric Weinstein explains why choosing a nemesis is both energizing and necessary for success.
When Cresswell returned to teaching after a five-year break, she noticed a marked difference in the ways undergraduates approached learning in the classroom.
Bill Bryson’s new book, “The Body: A Guide For Occupants,” provides important (and funny) lessons in anatomy, neuroscience, physiology, biology, and more.
Cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker reminds us that innuendo and euphemism yield better quid pro quo results than an “or else” ultimatum.
In the 1980’s, Northeast Portland was a black neighborhood hustling to survive. Today, it’s full of pilates studios and handlebar moustaches. As a writer, professor, and former inmate, Mitchell S. Jackson has lived in and learned from both worlds. In SURVIVAL MATH, he puts the pieces together.
Black hole mergers are some of the most energetic events in the Universe. Could the gravitational waves they produce ever harm us? The Universe is not a static, stable place. Out […]
The resistance movements may be more about identity than science.
It isn’t just a day that comes every four years; it’s everything we need to keep our calendar aligned with Earth’s orbit. Once every four years, at least under most circumstances, […]
Finland’s recent decline in international test scores has led many to question whether its education system is truly the best.