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In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for ...

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For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

In 1978 Steve Fisk, a mathematics professor at Bowdoin College in Maine, US, came up with a proof—considered one of the most ...

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An audacious heist at the Louvre saw thieves make off with priceless crown jewels in broad daylight – here is how a decades-old geometry problem can help museums boost their security.

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Science is so much more than equations and theories; it carries wonder, and curiosity is the key that unlocks it.