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Mathematicians Report New Discovery About the Dodecahedron
...icosahedron — mathematicians recently figured out that the answer is no. Any straight path starting from a corner will either hit another corner or wind around forever without returning home....
By Losing Genes, Life Often Evolved More Complexity
Recent major surveys show that reductions in genomic complexity — including the loss of key genes — have successfully shaped the evolution of life throughout history. When Cristian Cañestro set...
‘Trained Immunity’ Offers Hope in Fight Against Coronavirus
...been in use for decades could also confer some level of protection. Recent analyses of global epidemiological data by several teams in the United States and in Israel found that...
The Simple Math Problem We Still Can’t Solve
Despite recent progress on the notorious Collatz conjecture, we still don’t know whether a number can escape its infinite loop. This column comes with a warning: Do not try to...
Physicists Argue That Black Holes From the Big Bang Could Be the Dark Matter
...strange specimens breathed new life into an old idea — one that had, in recent years, been relegated to the fringe. We know that dying stars can make black holes....
Building the Mathematical Library of the Future
...kind of mathematics that mathematicians really care about. “They’re taking something very sophisticated and recent, and showing it’s possible to work on these objects with a proof assistant,” Mahboubi said....
Inside the Secret Math Society Known Simply as Nicolas Bourbaki
...small number of recent ENS alumni. Many of them were among the best mathematicians of their generation. But as they surveyed their field, they saw a problem. The exact nature...
Did Viruses Create the Nucleus? The Answer May Be Near.
...some still describe it as an idea on the fringe. But proponents of a viral origin point out that several recent discoveries line up conveniently with a viral model —...
The New History of the Milky Way
...on?” Follow-up research confirmed that the stars really are long-term residents of the disk, and not just tourists passing through. From two recent surveys, Sestito and colleagues amassed a library...