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Month: January 2025

Math

Scientists map the mathematics behind how we create and innovate

January 29, 2025 Phys Org

A new study in Nature Communications explores the dynamics of higher-order novelties, identifying fascinating patterns in how we combine existing elements to create novelty, potentially reshaping our understanding of human creativity and innovation.This article was […]

Math

Simple mathematical model predicts development of cultural structures observed in human societies

January 23, 2025 Phys Org

How clans form and evolve within human societies has been modeled using a simple computer model developed by a RIKEN researcher and a collaborator. This demonstration opens the way to modeling complex human social phenomena […]

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Two officers charged in fatal wrong-way pursuit on Highway 401, Ontario watchdog says

January 18, 2025 Community Partners

Ontario’s police watchdog has revealed that two officers have been charged in connection with a fatal wrong-way pursuit that transpired on Highway 401 last spring. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) announced on Friday that Durham […]

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The Role of Bilingual Education in Shaping Canada’s Future Generations

January 18, 2025 Community Partners

Bilingual education plays a vital role in shaping the future of Canadian society. In a country where English and French coexist as official languages, fostering bilingualism from an early age is both a cultural necessity […]

Math

Art analysis: 2D multifractal tools examine Jackson Pollock’s expressionism

January 16, 2025 Phys Org

The temperature changes hour to hour and day to day; exchange rates behave no differently. Wherever studies of the variability of similar one-dimensional time series are concerned, analyses based on multifractals have managed to gain […]

Math

Mathematical technique ‘opens the black box’ of AI decision-making

January 13, 2025 Phys Org

Western researchers have developed a novel technique using math to understand exactly how neural networks make decisions—a widely recognized but poorly understood process in the field of machine learning.This article was originally published on this […]

Math

English children lag behind in geometry, but parents can help them learn through play

January 7, 2025 Phys Org

Geometry is an important branch of mathematics, which we use to understand the properties of 2D and 3D space such as distance, shape, size and position. We use geometry every day: cutting paper to wrap […]

Math

Mathematicians develop new method to forecast natural phenomena and detect early cancer development

January 6, 2025 Phys Org

Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are central to both pure and applied mathematics. Any quantity which changes in space and time will satisfy certain partial differential equations because the laws of nature, and the laws of […]

Math

Historian explains how economics research stumbled under Soviet regime, while mathematics thrived

January 6, 2025 Phys Org

Political and ideological barriers can shape the progress of academic disciplines, warns Ivan Boldyrev. In a paper appearing in the Journal of Economic Literature , the historian of economics at Radboud University explores the complex […]

Math

How does a hula hoop master gravity? Mathematicians prove that body shape matters

January 2, 2025 Phys Org

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: “What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?” and “Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?” A team […]

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