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Encouraging Students to Drop Mathematics
Bringing Science and Math Into Writing?
Have Mathematics Exams Become Easier?
Wolfram's 2,3 Turing Machine Is Universal!
Discouraging Students from Taking Math
Best Way To Teach Oneself Math?
Numerically Approximating the Wave Equation?
Claimed Proof of Riemann Hypothesis
Open Source Math
E8 Structure Decoded
Forget Math to Become a Great Computer Scientist?
Light-based Quantum Circuit Does Basic Maths
The Math of Text Readability
Busting the MythBusters' Yawn Experiment
Is Mathematics Discovered Or Invented?
Mathematica 6 Launched
Optical Solution For an NP-Complete Problem?
Party Ideas For Math Nerds?
Tweaking The Math Behind Political Representation
Google Begat the End of the Scientific Method?
How the Pentagon Got Its Shape
I Will Derive
IP Traffic To 'Double' Every Two Years
Open Source 'Sage' Takes Aim at High End Math Software
Psychologists Don't Know Math
Riding the Failure Cascade
Strict Order Boarding Would Get Planes in the Sky Faster
Winnie Wrote a Math Book
How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System?
The Best Graphing Calculator on the Market?
Wolfram's 2,3 Turing Machine Not Universal
111 Years Ago, Indiana Almost Legislated Pi
A Mighty Number Falls
A Step Towards Proving the Riemann Hypothesis
Alternate Baseball Universes
Black Hole Information Loss Paradox Solution Proposed
Book Recommendations For Maths To Astrophysics?
Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans
Calculating the Date of Easter
Can Statistics Predict the Outcome of a War?
Formula For Procrastination Found
Full Net Census Takes a Hint From xkcd
Happy Pi Day
Möbius Strip Riddle Solved
Mathematicians Design Invisible Tunnel
Own Your Own 128-Bit Integer
Ramanujian's Deathbed Problem Cracked
Road Coloring Problem Solved
Rubik's Cube Algorithm Cut Again, Down to 23 Moves
Six-Dimensional Space-Time Theory
State of US Science Report Shows Disturbing Trends
The Big Bang Vs. the Big Rumble
The Fallacy of Hard Tests
The Geometry of Music
US State Dept. Loses Anti-Terrorist Program Laptops
Wednesday Is Pi Day
Where Do the Laws of Nature Come From?
Wolfram Offers Prize For (2,3) Turing Machine
Chinese Prof Cracks SHA-1 Data Encryption Scheme
Cryptography Expert Sounds Alarm At Possible Math Hack
Does Mathematical Tuning Make Games Better?
Experiment Shows Traffic 'Shock Waves' Cause Jams
Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering?
Mathematicians Solve the Mystery of Traffic Jams
Newton's Second Law, Revisited
Optimum Copyright Period Decided by Math
The Gradual Public Awareness of the Might of Algorithms
The Uncertain Future of Global Population Numbers
Brains Hard-Wired for Math
Rubik's Cube Proof Cut To 25 Moves
Celebrating the HP-35 Calculator With a New Model
Bad Movie Physics Hurt Scientific Understanding