An impossible object is something that looks realistic when drawn but can’t exist in real life. Many of Escher’s works are ...

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Take a group of runners circling a track at unique, constant paces. Answering the question of how many will always end up ...

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As the U.S. looks toward the 2018 midterm elections, it's worth noting that hundreds of scientists and other STEM professionals have decided to run for office. As someone with a math background, I ...

Mariana Cook’s book Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World was published by Princeton University Press in 2009 and is a remarkable collection of ninety-two photographic portraits featuring ...

XTX Markets, the leading algorithmic trading firm, today made a landmark commitment to the Global Talent Fund to build the world’s largest scholarship programme for exceptional STEM students, bringing ...

Picture the typical espresso machine at your favorite cafe. The small dish into which your friendly barista tamps coffee grounds is called the puck. After inserting it into the machine, hot water ...

In the 1950s, four decades before he won a Nobel Prize for his contributions to game theory and his story inspired the book and film “A Beautiful Mind,” the mathematician John Nash proved one of the ...