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The stunningly simple rule that will always get you out of a maze

Mathematics

The stunningly simple rule that will always get you out of a maze

You thought the maze looked fun, but now you can’t find your way out. Luckily, mathematics is here to help you escape, says Katie Steckles

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Decade-long struggle over maths proof could be decided by $1m prize

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Ancient plant's leaves didn't follow golden rule as modern ones do

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How maths can help you pack your shopping more efficiently

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Mathematicians make even better never-repeating tile discovery

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Physicist David Wolpert on how to study concepts beyond imagination

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Physicist David Wolpert on how to study concepts beyond imagination

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2B034C5 In addition to Herman Melville's own experience on the whaling ship Acushnet, two real events served as the genesis for his Moby Dick. One was the sinking of the Nantucket ship Essex in 1820, after a sperm whale rammed her 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from the western coast of South America. The other event was the alleged killing in the late 1830s of the albino sperm whale Mocha Dick, in the waters off the Chilean island of Mocha. Mocha Dick was rumored to have 20 or so harpoons in his back from other whalers, and appeared to attack ships with premeditated ferocity.

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Once Upon a Prime review: The connections between maths and fiction

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Mathematician wins Abel prize for solving equations with geometry

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Breakthrough in fiendishly hard puzzle has mathematicians partying

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Aperiodic tiling

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Mathematicians discover shape that can tile a wall and never repeat

Aperiodic tiling, in which shapes can fit together to create infinite patterns that never repeat, has fascinated mathematicians for decades, but until now no one knew if it could be done with just one shape

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Quantum computers may finally have their first real practical use

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Mathematical trick lets hackers shame people into fixing software bugs

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Why maths, our best tool to describe the universe, may be fallible

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To make maths classes sizzle, inject some politics and social justice

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