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Ancient practice sans theory

Even without math, ancients engineered sophisticated machines full story»

Mathematician Taylor wins Shaw Prize

Award honors work with prime numbers, symmetry full story»

Children can perform approximate math without arithmetic instruction

Study shows that children spontaneously show a sense of number when presented with symbolic math full story»

Medieval Islamic architecture presages 20th century mathematics

Peter Lu finds advanced geometry in 15th century tilings full story»

Yau travels down the road less taken

Professor uses math to pursue interest in natural phenomena full story»

'Armored' bubbles can exist in stable nonspherical shapes

Square-shaped or pear-shaped? Bubbles retain their shape full story»

They are born to add

Study finds children able to do arithmetic without counting full story»

Fryer brings mathematical economics to stubborn racial issues

'It's a way of taking politics, emotion, and anecdotes out of the analysis of racial inequality' full story»

Harvard undergraduate discovers novel atomic cluster

Using supercomputer, 18-year-old finds what older scientists missed full story»

Code conquers computer snoops

Offers promise of 'everlasting' security for senders full story»

Simulating disease trends with massive mathematical models

Models can help determine who is at risk for disease full story»

Using statistics to understand genes

Mathematical models may yield results faster than experiments full story»
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