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  1. Math

    Still debating with Plato

    Mathematicians debate whether mathematical truths are discovered or invented.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  2. Science & Society

    Science Education and the Future of Humankind

    Nobel Prize–winning physicist Leon Lederman warns that science education is crucial for humankind’s future. Lederman is director emeritus of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

    By Leon Lederman
  3. Math

    The Noisy Game of Baseball

    Predicting a baseball player's future batting average (and many other things) is not as simple as relying on past performance, mathematicians say.

    By Julie Rehmeyer
  4. Math

    Creeping Up on Riemann

    Theorists find the first example of an elusive complex function that just may help them solve the biggest problem in mathematics.