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It’s a weird time to be studying computer science. Recent grads have a higher unemployment rate than those in just about every other major—yes, even philosophy. The internet is littered with rants ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden mathematical secret inside the leaves of the Chinese money plant: a naturally occurring geometric pattern known as a Voronoi diagram, something typically associated ...

A good cup of espresso is harder to craft than you think. A small change in grind size can turn the same beans into a balanced shot, a sour trickle, or a bitter mess. While previous efforts that ...

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Did you know the number 26 is rather special? It is the only number that sits directly between a square number (25 or 5 2) and a cube number (27 or 3 3). And to be clear, it’s not merely that we’ve ...

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