Math
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Scripting Boffo Box Office
A computer model can help select movie scripts that lead to success at the box office.
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Geometry in Court
The Pythagorean theorem and geometric series played leading roles in two legal disputes.
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The Mind of the Swarm
Mathematics is helping explain how animals form flocks, swarms, and schools.
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Form Plus Function
Numbers, lines, squares, and shadows add up to an intriguing set of artworks rooted in mathematical concepts.
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Quark Park
Math-inspired and science-related artworks enliven an imaginatively landscaped sliver of parkland.
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Mining the Yesternet
Digital records allow social scientists to study online communities and the diffusion of innovation.
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Swirling Seas, Crystal Balls
A remarkable geometric shape made up of a sequence of triangles leads to a host of intriguing forms and mobile structures.
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Messiness Rules: In high dimensions, disorder packs tightest
In high dimensions, disorderly arrangements of spheres pack together more densely than orderly arrangements do.
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The Eclipse That Saved Columbus
An eclipse prediction in a book of astronomical tables helped Columbus out of a jam.
