How Computer Scientists Cracked a 50-Year-Old Math Problem (quantamagazine.org)
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Understanding the Antikythera Mechanism (hackaday.com)
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The Information Theory of Life (quantamagazine.org)
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'Shrinking Bull's-eye' Algorithm Speeds Up Complex Modeling From Days To Hours (mit.edu)
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Interviews: Ask Mathematician Neil Sloane a Question
Breakthrough Algorithm Reported For Graph Isomorphsim (scottaaronson.com)
When Slide Rules Were Like Cellphones (hackaday.com)
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New Algorithm Provides Huge Speedups For Optimization Problems (mit.edu)
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· from the need-for-speed dept.
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Tracing the Limits of Computation
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The Handheld Analog Computer That Made the Atomic Bomb
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Ada Lovelace and Her Legacy
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Machine Learning Could Solve Economists' Math Problem
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John Conway: All Play and No Work For a Genius
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Ten Dropbox Engineers Build BSD-licensed, Lossless 'Pied Piper' Compression Algorithm
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· from the what-if-i-don't-have-a-wind-instrument-handy dept.
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How Weather Modeling Gets Better
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The Connoisseur of Number Sequences
Using Math To Tune a Video Game's Economy
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For the Love of the Analytics of the Game: Before Beane, There Was AVM Systems
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· from the run-the-numbers dept.
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Turning a Nail Polish Disaster Into a Teachable Math Moment
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· from the just-make-sure-your-kids-spill-stuff-in-interesting-ways dept.
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Quantum Gravity Will Be Just Fine Without String Theory
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A Beautiful Mind Mathematician John F. Nash Jr. Dies
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John Urschel: The 300 Pound Mathematician Who Hits People For a Living
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· from the protect-your-head dept.
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NFL Releases Deflategate Report
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· from the now-watch-your-language dept.
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Mandelbrot Zooms Now Surpass the Scale of the Observable Universe
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· from the from-here-you-can-see-forever dept.
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