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An Aperiodic Monotile Exists!

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Why mathematicians study knots

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‘Monumental’ Math Proof Solves Triple Bubble Problem and More

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What Are the Odds?

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Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size

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40k coin tosses yield ambiguous evidence for dynamical bias

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We think this cool study we found is flawed. Help us reproduce it

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An ancient geometry problem falls to new mathematical techniques

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29-year-old Conway conjecture settled

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Euler’s 243-Year-Old ‘Impossible’ Puzzle Gets a Quantum Solution

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Mathematicians Outwit Hidden Number Conspiracy

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The Futurama Theorem

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An Odd Card Trick

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If Richard Feynman applied for a job at Microsoft (2002)

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A Collector of Math and Physics Surprises

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Mathematicians Report New Discovery About the Dodecahedron

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The formula for pi buried in a hydrogen atom

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Images Created from Prime Numbers

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The Twin Primes Conjecture Gets Solved for Finite Fields

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Mathematician Wins $3M Prize for 'Magic Wand Theorem'

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A Molecular Near Miss

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How to Memorize the Largest Known Prime

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A New Largest-Known Prime Number

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A Collector of Math and Physics Surprises

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Amateur Mathematician Finds Smallest Universal Cover

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A Proof About Where Symmetries Can’t Exist

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Proof Without Words: Gregory’s Theorem

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Attack on the pentagon results in discovery of new mathematical tile (2015)

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A puzzle that tiles infinitely across both sides, based on the Klein Bottle

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A Long-Sought Proof, Found and Almost Lost (2017)

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Near-miss math provides exact representations of almost-right answers

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Pentagon Tiling Proof Solves Century-Old Math Problem

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Folding Paper in Half (2015)

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The maths of the paper disproving conspiracy theories don't add up

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St. Petersburg paradox

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Discovery of a new irregular pentagon that can cover the plane

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After Prime Proof, an Unlikely Star Rises

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Folding fractions

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Mathematicians Make a Major Discovery About Prime Numbers

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Prime Gap Grows After Decades-Long Lull

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Impossible Cookware and Other Triumphs of the Penrose Tile

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Golygons and golyhedra

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Mathematicians find way to put 7 cylinders in contact without using their ends

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A probabilistic model of prime numbers based on network theory

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Sudden Progress on Prime Number Problem Has Mathematicians Buzzing

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Unheralded Mathematician Bridges the Prime Gap

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If Richard Feynman applied for a job at Microsoft (2002)

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Put armor where there aren't bullet holes

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A collector of math and physics surprises (2018)

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500-year-old maths problem turns out to apply to coffee and clocks

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Physicists have created the most fiendishly difficult maze

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