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Small world after all: Short e-mail chains reach targets worldwide
Documents Small world after all: Short e-mail chains reach targets worldwide
Infinite wisdom: A new approach to one of mathematics' most notorious problems
Documents Infinite wisdom: A new approach to one of mathematics' most notorious problems
Toss out the toss-up: Bias in heads-or-tails
Documents Toss out the toss-up: Bias in heads-or-tails
Primal progress: Pattern hunters spy order among prime numbers
Documents Primal progress: Pattern hunters spy order among prime numbers
Math lab: Computer experiments are transforming mathematics
Documents Math lab: Computer experiments are transforming mathematics
Election selection: Are we using the worst voting procedure?
Documents Election selection: Are we using the worst voting procedure?
Take a chance: Scientists put randomness to work
Documents Take a chance: Scientists put randomness to work
Life on the scales: Simple mathematical relationships underpin much of biology and ecology
Documents Life on the scales: Simple mathematical relationships underpin much of biology and ecology
Navigating celestial currents: Math leads spacecraft on joy rides through the solar system
Documents Navigating celestial currents: Math leads spacecraft on joy rides through the solar system
The mind of the swarm: Math explains how group behavior is more than the sum of its parts
Documents The mind of the swarm: Math explains how group behavior is more than the sum of its parts
Crafty geometry: Mathematicians are knitting and crocheting to visualize complex surfaces
Documents Crafty geometry: Mathematicians are knitting and crocheting to visualize complex surfaces
Computation's new leaf: Plants may be calculating creatures
Documents Computation's new leaf: Plants may be calculating creatures
Glimpses of genius: Mathematicians and historians piece together a puzzle that Archimedes pondered
Documents Glimpses of genius: Mathematicians and historians piece together a puzzle that Archimedes pondered
Knotty calculations: A quantum version of braids could lay the groundwork for tomorrow's computers
Documents Knotty calculations: A quantum version of braids could lay the groundwork for tomorrow's computers
If it looks like a sphere…: Exploring the newly proposed solution to a famous problem about three-dimensional shapes
Documents If it looks like a sphere…: Exploring the newly proposed solution to a famous problem about three-dimensional shapes
Spheres in disguise: Solid proof offered for famous conjecture
Documents Spheres in disguise: Solid proof offered for famous conjecture
Faulty memory: Long-term immunity isn't always beneficial
Documents Faulty memory: Long-term immunity isn't always beneficial
Sizing up complex webs: Close or far, many networks look the same
Documents Sizing up complex webs: Close or far, many networks look the same
Pushing the limit: Digital-communications experts are zeroing in on the perfect code
Documents Pushing the limit: Digital-communications experts are zeroing in on the perfect code
Fields medals: Mathematicians win awards for geometry, physics, and probability
Documents Fields medals: Mathematicians win awards for geometry, physics, and probability
Manuscripts as fossils: Population-biology equations estimate medieval texts' likelihood of survival
Documents Manuscripts as fossils: Population-biology equations estimate medieval texts' likelihood of survival