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Mathematicians finally starting to understand epic ABC proof

Physics

Mathematicians finally starting to understand epic ABC proof

A theory developed by mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki has baffled his peers for nearly four years, but now a glimmer of understanding hints at the deep nature of numbers

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Technology

The life and work of Alan Turing: Discovery weekend

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Technology

How Alan Turing found machine thinking in the human mind

Culture

Emilie du Chatelet

Physics

The bold, brilliant woman who championed Newton's physics

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free will

Physics

Physics killed free will and time's flow. We need them back

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7 pillars

Humans

Radical insights from The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom

Culture

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Physics

The impossible barber and other bizarre thought experiments

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Alan Turing

Mathematics

This Turing machine should run forever unless maths is wrong

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Health

Why so much science research is flawed – and what to do about it

Features

G. H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons) and Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) walk together, deep in conversation

Humans

The Man Who Knew Infinity fails to break the mathematical mould

One of the world's greatest mathematicians, Srinivasa Ramanujan is still unknown to Westerners – but does a Hollywood biopic about his life and work have to be this safe?

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Physics

New maths proof shows how to stack oranges in 24 dimensions

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Humans

Graphene origami produced by world's thinnest folds

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Physics

Fermat's last theorem mathematician Andrew Wiles wins Abel prize

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Mathematics

Mathematicians shocked to find pattern in 'random' prime numbers

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