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Why Science Relies Too Much On Mathematics

Mathematics is at the heart of modern science but we shouldn’t forget other ways to reason, says aut ...
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What are ‘multiplication facts’? Why are they essential to your ...

One of the essential skills students need to master in primary school mathematics are “multiplicatio ...
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What does a physicist see when looking at the NFT ...

The market for collectible digital assets, or non-fungible tokens, is an interesting example of a ph ...
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Use of decimal point is 1.5 centuries older than historians ...

A mathematical historian at Trinity Wester University in Canada, has found use of a decimal point by ...
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What are ‘multiplication facts’? Why are they essential to your ...

One of the essential skills students need to master in primary school mathematics are “multipl ...
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Why prices are so high—8 ways retail pricing algorithms gouge ...

The just-released report of the inquiry into price gouging and unfair pricing conducted by Allan Fel ...
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Studies recommend increased research into achievement, engagement to raise student ...

A new study into classroom practices, led by Dr. Steve Murphy, has found extensive research fails to ...
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Children’s positive attitude toward mathematics fades during the early school ...

Children’s interest in, and competence perceptions of, mathematics are generally quite positiv ...
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Sports deflation: Study shows NBA 3-point shot has lost its ...

When the NBA celebrated the start of its 75th season in fall 2021, it was clear that the 3-point sho ...
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Air pollution found to impair performance in matriculation exams in ...

Researchers from the University of Oulu, Finland, investigated how air pollution affects students ...
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Driving the best possible bargain now isn’t the best long-term ...

Conventional wisdom says that you should never leave money on the table when negotiating. But resear ...
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Is there a typical rate of cultural evolution?

Are cultural evolution rates similar across human societies? The emerging field of Cliodynamics uses ...
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Mathematical model connects innovation and obsolescence to unify insights across ...

In Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, the Red Queen tells Alice, “It takes all t ...
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Mathematicians Have Finally Proved That Bach was a Great Composer

Converting hundreds of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach into mathematical networks reveals that ...
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Swarming cicadas, stock traders, and the wisdom of the crowd

The springtime emergence of vast swarms of cicadas can be explained by a mathematical model of colle ...
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Researchers use simulations to tackle finite sphere-packing problem and ‘sausage ...

Have you ever wondered about the best way to pack a finite number of identical spheres into a shape- ...
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