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All Is Not Fair in Cake-Cutting and Math

When divvying something up, there's more than one way to define what's fair.

November 10, 2016

Air Traffic Control for Random Surfaces

Mathematicians have had a hard time finding commonalities in large groups of random shapes — until recently.

November 10, 2016

How to Fake It So No One Notices

Seek balance in all things—including subterfuge.

October 27, 2016

An “Infinitely Rich” Mathematician Turns 100

Richard Guy achieved his status as a mathematical titan by working away as a self-described amateur, though he pushes the boundaries of that definition.

September 29, 2016

Revisiting “Moneyball” with Paul DePodesta

Shattering preconceptions about players isn’t all about the numbers.

August 25, 2016

How to Build a Search Engine for Mathematics

The surprising power of Neil Sloane’s Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.

October 15, 2015

Will the Earth Ever Fill Up?

We’ve predicted and broken human population limits for centuries.

September 24, 2015