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‘Reverse Mathematics’ Illuminates Why Hard Problems Are Hard
about 17 hours ago
When it comes to hard problems, computer scientists seem to be stuck...
Particle Physicists Detect ‘Magic’ at the Large Hadron Collider
7 days ago
Ninety million times a year, when protons crash together at the Large...
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life
8 days ago
Life’s fundamental structure is the cell, and so the main things that...
A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science
11 days ago
All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory...
Cosmic Paradox Reveals the Awful Consequence of an Observer-Free Universe
13 days ago
Tinkering at their desks with the mathematics of quantum space and time...
Old ‘Ghost’ Theory of Quantum Gravity Makes a Comeback
15 days ago
The force we experience most intimately remains the most mysterious. Physicists understand...
Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down.
18 days ago
On a radiant July afternoon, a pair of scientists hung their heads...
New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities
20 days ago
In the mid-19th century, the Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau — who had...
To Have Machines Make Math Proofs, Turn Them Into a Puzzle
22 days ago
The mathematical conundrums that Marijn Heule has helped crack in the last...
Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics
25 days ago
A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led...
How Your Brain Creates ‘Aha’ Moments and Why They Stick
27 days ago
Here are three words: pine, crab, sauce. There’s a fourth word that...