 Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians December 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 362 vote(s)
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Mathematicians from the University of Exeter have solved the mystery of traffic jams by developing a model to show how major delays occur on our roads, with no apparent cause. Many traffic jams leave drivers ... | |
 The Best Way to Board a Plane February 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 122 vote(s)
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Most airlines board passengers the same way, first filling the seats in the back of the plane, and then moving to the front. After a recent experience boarding a plane in this manner, Fermilab physicist Jason ... | |
How a simple mathematic formula is starting to explain the bizarre prevalence of altruism in society July 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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Why do humans cooperate in things as diverse as environment conservation or the creation of fairer societies, even when they don’t receive anything in exchange or, worst, they might even be penalized? | |
 The new shape of music: Music has its own geometry, researchers find April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 134 vote(s)
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The connection between music and mathematics has fascinated scholars for centuries. More than 200 years ago Pythagoras reportedly discovered that pleasing musical intervals could be described using simple ... | |
Glimpses of a new (mathematical) world March 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 71 vote(s)
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A new mathematical object was revealed yesterday during a lecture at the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM). Two researchers from the University of Bristol exhibited the first example of a third degree transcendental ... | |
Mathematicians find new solutions to an ancient puzzle March 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 80 vote(s)
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Many people find complex math puzzling, including some mathematicians. Recently, mathematician Daniel J. Madden and retired physicist, Lee W. Jacobi, found solutions to a puzzle that has been around for centuries. | |
 Model of Easter Island Collapse Might Reveal Message for Today February 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 83 vote(s)
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When a thriving civilization suddenly collapses, it’s often a mystery – and an ominous one, at that. For Easter Island circa 1000-1400 AD, experts believe it was a case of humans overexploiting their natural ... | |
 Brain waves pattern themselves after rhythms of nature February 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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The same rules of physics that govern molecules as they condense from gas to liquid, or freeze from liquid to solid, also apply to the activity patterns of neurons in the human brain. University of Chicago ... | |
Concrete examples don't help students learn math, study finds April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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A new study challenges the common practice in many classrooms of teaching mathematical concepts by using “real-world,” concrete examples. Researchers led by Jennifer Kaminski, researcher scientist at Ohio State University’s ... | |
Study: No gender differences in math performance July 24, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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We've all heard it. Many of us in fact believe it. Girls just aren't as good at math as boys. But is it true? After sifting through mountains of data - including SAT results and math scores from 7 million students who were ... | |
 Math Models Snowflakes January 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Three-dimensional snowflakes can now be grown in a computer using a program developed by mathematicians at UC Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. | |
Fate might not be so unpredictable after all, study suggests December 03, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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Why does it take so long for soul mates to find each other? How does disease spread through a person’s body? When will the next computer virus attack your hard-drive? | |
 Indians predated Newton 'discovery' by 250 years August 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 225 vote(s)
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A little known school of scholars in southwest India discovered one of the founding principles of modern mathematics hundreds of years before Newton according to new research. | |
 A crystal that nature may have missed January 03, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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For centuries, human beings have been entranced by the captivating glimmer of the diamond. What accounts for the stunning beauty of this most precious gem? As mathematician Toshikazu Sunada explains in an ... | |
Novel mathematical model predicts new wave of drug-resistant HIV infections in San Francisco February 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A mathematical model shows that a new wave of drug-resistant HIV is rising among among men in San Francisco who have sex with men and that this trend will continue over the next few years, according to a new study from the ... | |
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