 The Best Way to Board a Plane February 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 120 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 ... | |
 Model of Easter Island Collapse Might Reveal Message for Today February 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 80 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 ... | |
 Animal communication plays important role in pattern formation May 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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The way that a flock of birds flies or a school of fish swims may involve more than individuals simply judging the distance between themselves in the group. Recently, scientists from the University of Alberta ... | |
 Mathematicians solve E8 structure (Update) March 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 155 vote(s)
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A transatlantic team of number-crunchers announced they had built a theoretical structure in 248 dimensions, resolving a 120-year puzzle that could be used to test theories about the structure of the cosmos. | |
 The new shape of music: Music has its own geometry, researchers find April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 133 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 ... | |
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. | |
Glimpses of a new (mathematical) world March 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 70 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 ... | |
140-year-old math problem solved by researcher March 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 88 vote(s)
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A problem which has defeated mathematicians for almost 140 years has been solved by a researcher at Imperial College London. | |
 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. | |
Pinning down the butterfly's wings June 01, 2007 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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A Belgian mathematician hopes to use the science of chaos, the butterfly effect and strange attractors to help build a complete model of climate and resources that will lead to a new approach to sustainable development. | |
 Northeastern University researchers solve Rubik's Cube in 26 moves May 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 71 vote(s)
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It’s a toy that most kids have played with at one time or another, but the findings of Northeastern University Computer Science professor Gene Cooperman and graduate student Dan Kunkle are not child’s play. ... | |
A mighty number falls May 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 107 vote(s)
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Mathematicians and number buffs have their records. And today, an international team has broken a long-standing one in an impressive feat of calculation. | |
Scientists one more step closer to realising invisible technology May 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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A unique computer model designed by a mathematician at the University of Liverpool has shown that it is possible to make objects, such as aeroplanes and submarines, appear invisible at close range. | |
Mathematicians unlock major number theory puzzle February 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 176 vote(s)
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Mathematicians have finally laid to rest the legendary mystery surrounding an elusive group of numerical expressions known as the "mock theta functions." Number theorists have struggled to understand the functions ever since ... | |
The mathematics of cloaking December 26, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 103 vote(s)
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The theorists who first created the mathematics that describe the behavior of the recently announced "invisibility cloak" have revealed a new analysis ... | |
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