Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at math, according to a comprehensive review of research published on the topic over the last 23 years.This article […]
Life, from the perspective of thermodynamics, is a system out of equilibrium, resisting tendencies towards increasing their levels of disorder. In such a state, the dynamics are irreversible over time. This link between the tendency […]
Recently, an international team of four, that includes Cheriton School of Computer Science professor Dr. Craig Kaplan, discovered a single shape that tiles the plane—an infinite, two-dimensional surface—in a pattern that can never be made […]
It’s a dilemma that many a regular bettor probably faces often—deciding when to place a sports bet. In a study entitled, “A statistical theory of optimal decision-making in sports betting,” Jacek Dmochowski, Associate Professor in […]
Children do better at math when music is a key part of their lessons, an analysis of almost 50 years of research on the topic has revealed.This article was originally published on this website.
In a time of income inequality and ruthless politics, people with outsized power or an unrelenting willingness to browbeat others often seem to come out ahead.This article was originally published on this website.
Making history with 42 digits, scientists at Paderborn University and KU Leuven have unlocked a decades-old mystery of mathematics with the so-called ninth Dedekind number.This article was originally published on this website.
Do you know someone who knows someone? We have all played this game, often to be amazed that despite the extreme scale of human society, random people can be linked through very small chains of […]
On June 23, 1993, the mathematician Andrew Wiles gave the last of three lectures detailing his solution to Fermat’s last theorem, a problem that had remained unsolved for three and a half centuries. Wiles’ announcement […]
In a new study, researchers of the Complexity Science Hub highlight the connecting elements between traditional financial market research and econophysics. “We want to create an overview of the models that exist in financial economics […]
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