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Photo: Clementinum Library, Prague, by Václav Jiroušek, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

On Implossibility (No, Spell-Check Didn’t Fail Me)

What is the probability of forming a book with at least one hundred words in a row, if we are sampling from the Hebrew alphabet? Read More ›
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What Deep Social Change Underlies the War on Math?

The universal language of science is sinking under the weight of claims about trauma and privilege. Read More ›
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Image: René Descartes, after Frans Hals, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design in Imaginary Numbers

René Descartes, in 1637, is credited with being the first to assign this label to results involving the square root of a negative number. Read More ›
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Are Singularities a Part of Science?

"Any paper that discusses or describes singularities in the field equations of general relativity is discussing extra-natural objects." Read More ›
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Photo: Has this bee demonstrated a capacity for abstract thought? By RMIT University.

Can Bees Understand the Concept of “Zero”?

The scientists credited the bees with more intelligence than some humans. Read More ›

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