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Mathematics

Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare

The infinite monkey theorem states that illiterate primates could write great literature with enough time, but the amount of time needed is much longer than the lifespan of the universe

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Technology

Meta AI tackles maths problems that stumped humans for over a century

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Physics

The laws of physics appear to follow a mysterious mathematical pattern

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Mathematics

How the maths of queuing can make lines more efficient

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Mathematics

Why the problem of P versus NP is worth $1 million

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If we reassessed what maths is, perhaps it wouldn't make us so anxious

Mathematics

If we reassessed what maths is, perhaps it wouldn't make us so anxious

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Mathematics

The mathematical theory that made the internet possible

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Mathematics

The surprising connections between maths and poetry

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Technology

DeepMind AI gets silver medal at International Mathematical Olympiad

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Members of the medical staff at the Elithair clinic conduct an artificial Intelligence analysis of Felix Hofmann's scalp and his hair roots.

Technology

A skilful primer makes sense of the mathematics beneath AI's hood

Anil Ananthaswamy's Why Machines Learn: The elegant maths behind modern AI explores the mechanics of the AI revolution, but doesn't examine its ethics

Culture

Mind

Speed of decision-making reflects our biases

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Mathematics

Is the universe a game?

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Mathematics

Physicists figured out the ideal container size for pistachio shells

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Mathematics

How mathematics can help you divide anything up fairly

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