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An apparently easy-looking math problem has left internet users scratching their heads. The elementary-grade problem looks ...

When Pope Francis died in April on Easter Monday, the news triggered not only an outpouring of mourners but also a centuries-old tradition shrouded in secrecy: the papal conclave. Two weeks later 133 ...

In the late 19th century, Georg Cantor believed his new theory could help the Church understand the infinite nature of the ...

OpenAI researchers prematurely celebrated on social media, announcing that the AI had solved a series of famously difficult ...

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In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is much more than a way to create a pretty pattern. Consisting of a surface ...

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The tallest man to ever live was Robert Wadlow, who reached a staggering 2.72m. That's equal to a very large male ostrich or Shaquille O'Neal with two bowling pins balanced on his head.

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