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At the turn of the century, it sounded as if string theory could give us big answers about the universe. Well… has it?

Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.

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The idea that our Universe might be nothing more than a giant computer simulation, similar to what science fiction depicts, ...

At the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), one competitor did so well that it would have been awarded the Silver ...

Some say the reason most manhole covers are round is that a circle cannot fall through a smaller circular hole. Which of ...

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Whether infection of cells by individual virions occurs randomly or if there is some form (s) of competition or cooperativity between individual virions remains largely unknown for most virus-cell ...