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‘Is Math Real?’ asks simple questions to explore math’s deepest truths
Is Math Real?
Eugenia Cheng
Basic Books, $30Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a…
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The Maya predicted annular solar eclipses
On October 14th, 2023, a celestial event will unfold as the Sun, Moon, and Earth, align to create an annular solar eclipse.
An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, but is positioned near its farthest point…
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An enduring Möbius strip mystery has finally been solved
Any attempt to better understand Möbius strips is bound to run into some kinks.
The twisted loops are so strange that mathematicians have struggled to answer some basic questions about them. For example: “What’s the shortest…
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Non-Western art and design can reveal alternate ways of thinking about math
“Help me and let me help you.” Or in Ghana’s Twi language: “Boa me na me mmoa wo.”
The aphorism signifies cooperation and interdependence. And like many Twi expressions, it can be communicated with a symbol, or adinkra….
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Geoscientists Discover Massive Undersea Water Reservoir Off New Zealand’s Coast
Revealed by 3D seismic imaging, the newly-discovered water reservoir lies 3.2 km (2 miles) under the ocean floor off the coast of New Zealand, where it may be dampening a major earthquake fault that faces the country’s North Island. The…
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NASA’s Perseverance Captures Dust-Filled Martian Whirlwind
The six-wheeled geologist spotted the twister as part of an atmospheric exploration of Jezero Crater.
The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along the western rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater by NASA’s Perseverance rover on…
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Five MIT faculty members named 2023 Simons Investigators | MIT News
Five MIT professors have been selected to receive the 2023 Simons Investigators awards from the Simons Foundation. Virginia Vassilevska Williams and Vinod Vaikuntanathan are both professors in MIT’s Department of…
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Seen Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster? Data suggest the odds are low
Floe Foxon is a data scientist by day. But in his free time, he applies his skills to astronomy, cryptology and sightings of mythical creatures.
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3 Questions: A new PhD program from the Center for Computational Science and Engineering | MIT News
This fall, the Center for Computational Science and Engineering (CCSE), an academic unit in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, is introducing a new standalone PhD degree program that will enable students to pursue…
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