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Jeffrey Epstein scandal raises questions over who should fund science

Jeffrey Epstein scandal raises questions over who should fund science

18 September 2019

Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein donated huge sums of money to the MIT Media Lab. Is it time we had better ways to decide who can fund science?
Lottery tickets

50-year old maths problem about an infinite lottery finally solved

14 September 2019

A 50-year-old maths problem has finally been solved, and it shows that even an infinitely large lottery ticket could not contain every winning solution

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