Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex ...

For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...

“The parentheses feel artificial.” The octonions’ seemingly unphysical nonassociativity has crippled many physicists’ efforts to exploit them, but Baez explained that their peculiar math has also ...

This is episode two of a three-part series. You can listen to part one here and part three here. [CLIP: Theme music] Rachel Feltman: Ever wondered what math actually is? No? Well, mathematicians sure ...

More than a century after Srinivasa Ramanujan scribbled his astonishing formulas for π in notebooks in India and England, ...

Often when describing patterns, they are placed in one of two categories: organic or geometric. Organic designs are ones ...

Reverse mathematics is a vibrant programme in mathematical logic that investigates the axioms necessary to establish fundamental theorems throughout mathematics. Central to this endeavour are ...

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