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- Math
Sunlight Speckle
Lasers are not the only light sources that can produce a speckle pattern on a rough surface.
- Math
Flight of the Bumblebee
The notion that scientists proved bumblebees can't fly has a long legacy.
- Math
College Football, Rankings, and Wandering Monkeys
The system for ranking college football teams to see who plays for the national championship has flaws.
- Math
More Progressive Primes
The first sequence consisting of 23 prime numbers in arithmetic progression has been discovered.
- Math
Floating Bodies
An extension of work by Archimedes on the stability of floating bodies leads to some insights into the behavior of icebergs and other structures.
- Math
Math Olympiad in Athens
A team from the United States placed second in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad.
- Math
Math Olympiad in Athens
A team from the United States placed second in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad.
- Math
Math Olympiad in Athens
A team from the United States placed second in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad.
- Math
Math Olympiad in Athens
A team from the United States placed second in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad.
- Math
Waring Experiments
Expressing integers as the sums of squares or other powers has a long history.
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- Math
Dogs Catching Frisbees
When navigating to intercept a thrown Frisbee, dogs appear to use the same geometric strategy that a baseball fielder employs to snag a fly ball hit into the outfield.
