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In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is much more than a way to create a pretty pattern. Consisting of a surface ...

You probably don’t need more time. By Jancee Dunn When I look back on all the major decisions I’ve dithered over, I could scream. It took me a decade to commit to becoming a parent. I wavered for a ...

Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) on Thursday told CNN anchor John Berman we "have way too many workers" in the federal workforce and would not oppose using a government shutdown to downsize. "Look, as far ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

Can AI glasses help solve math problems? A subscriber solves math problems using Even G1 smartglasses and wins money! ‘Something dramatic has happened': Robert Reich says U.S. is finally seeing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Health care startup accelerators are an increasingly popular business model in medicine. Accelerators can help ...

AI infrastructure is hitting a power wall, and Microsoft believes the solution lies in technology borrowed from smartwatch displays. While power efficient, traditional copper links have a limited ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

The issue is this week’s Asked & Answered. Nearly a month after a cyberattack hit Georgia’s SNAP benefits call center, the hotline system remains down, and some folks still can’t access their SNAP ...

For years, I've watched the Pentagon's innovation process with the same mixture of frustration and respect that a coach feels for a team with immense potential but a flawed game plan. So when I heard ...