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Is there a term for the shape pictured here: a smooth continuous curve with three axes of symmetry? And what happens to our ...

1 2 = 1, 1 2 + 2 2 = 5 and 1 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 = 14. If we continue in this way, when is the first time this sum is a multiple of ...

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At his best, Iain M. Banks could be extraordinarily stylish, inventive and downright funny. So how does his genre-redefining ...

Last month, I saw Philippe Parreno’s new work, Voices, which is at the Haus der Kunst gallery in Munich, Germany, until 25 ...

A series of events, from the California wildfires to evidence we passed 1.5 degrees last year, suggests wild weather will ...

This month marks a year since the malaria vaccine rollout began. Here's what we still need in order to beat a disease as old ...

Neurologist Adam Zeman's excellent exploration of the power and complexity of our imaginations literally needs more space to ...

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