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Inside the forensic lab where the tiniest trace of red shimmer—the "nearly perfect" form of proof—closed a case.

Using a relatively young theory, a team of mathematicians has started to answer questions whose roots lie at the very ...

A brain teaser is a short, playful puzzle designed to make your mind stretch and smile. It could be a riddle, a tricky question, a visual illusion, or a logic twist that nudges you to think beyond the ...

Most patterns eventually repeat themselves. But in the 1970s, mathematician Roger Penrose discovered a set of shapes that could cover an infinite plane without ever repeating. Known as Penrose tilings ...

The answer is not simple. Yes, algorithms can generate visual works, music, or even poetry based on coded formulas. But discovery, in the true sense of the word, requires more than replication. It ...