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Kevin Hartnett

Hard Math

A Computer-Assisted Proof Solves the ‘Packing Coloring’ Problem

Jul 2, 2023 8:00 AM

Stop and Go

Your Brain Uses Calculus to Control Fast Movements

Dec 11, 2022 8:00 AM

Make Way for QFT

The Mystery at the Heart of Physics—That Only Math Can Solve

Jun 20, 2021 8:00 AM

Digitizing Math

The Effort to Build the Mathematical Library of the Future

Oct 11, 2020 8:00 AM

The 7th Dimension

A Fleet of Computers Helps Settle a 90-Year-Old Math Problem

Aug 23, 2020 8:00 AM

Public Health

The Tricky Math of Herd Immunity for Covid-19

Jul 12, 2020 8:00 AM

Rectangular Peg

In Lockdown, Mathematicians Crack a Stubborn Geometry Riddle

Jun 28, 2020 8:00 AM

Monstrous Moonshine

The Legacy of Math Luminary John Conway, Lost to Covid-19

Apr 26, 2020 8:00 AM

Computing

A Computer Science Proof Holds Answers for Math and Physics

Mar 8, 2020 8:00 AM

Randomness

The Universal Law of Turbulence Isn't So Unruly After All

Feb 9, 2020 8:00 AM

3x+1

Mathematician Terence Tao Cracks a ‘Dangerous’ Problem

Dec 15, 2019 8:00 AM

symbol crash

Is the Equal Sign Overrated? Mathematicians Hash It Out

Oct 13, 2019 8:00 AM

#twinning

A Big Question About Prime Numbers Gets a Partial Answer

Sep 29, 2019 7:00 AM

eye get it

A Single Math Model Explains Many Mysteries of Vision

Aug 25, 2019 8:00 AM

that's settled

A Major Proof Shows How to Approximate Numbers Like Pi

Aug 18, 2019 7:00 AM

about time(s)

Mathematicians Discover the Perfect Way to Multiply

Apr 14, 2019 8:00 AM

complexity

Neural Networks Need a Cookbook. Here Are the Ingredients

Feb 3, 2019 8:00 AM

computing

It's Not a Myth: Quantum Messages Really Can Travel Faster

Dec 23, 2018 8:00 AM

Proved It

A Huge Achievement in Math Shows the Limits of Symmetries

Oct 28, 2018 7:00 AM

Math

Finally, a Problem Only Quantum Computers Will Ever Be Able to Solve

Jun 24, 2018 7:00 AM