Founder of geometric analysis honored with Abel Prize
Karen Uhlenbeck is first woman to receive the honor
Math
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This dizzying labyrinth will host next year’s party for math’s ‘Nobel’ prize
New maze mimics mathematical patterns in nature and the ancient world -
Skepticism surrounds renowned mathematician’s attempted proof of 160-year-old hypothesis
The Riemann hypothesis, a formula related to the distribution of prime numbers, has remained unsolved for more than a century -
Why do your knuckles crack? Engineers say they finally figured it out
A new study figured out the source of the knuckle-cracking sound using mathematical formulas -
Are we in the middle of a long peace—or on the brink of a major war?
Study uses history, statistics to see whether our current era of harmony is an anomaly -
Online tool calculates reproducibility scores of PubMed papers
But some experts question whether the methodology is sound -
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A radical proposal would let researchers decide what constitutes significance -
Fields Medal was never meant for ‘the greatest mathematical genius’
Unearthed letters suggest award committee favored promise and youth over star power -
This ancient Babylonian tablet may contain the first evidence of trigonometry
New finding would unseat the Greeks as the creators of the discipline -
Mapping Mexico’s hidden graves
Statistical model could guide future searches for the disappeared -
World’s lakes are much shallower than thought, mathematical analysis suggests
If true, lakes produce more heat-trapping methane than previously estimated -
Quantum computer learns to ‘see’ trees
D-Wave takes on machine learning problem of computer vision -
Brainlike computers are a black box. Scientists are finally peering inside
Researchers are trying to untangle the inner workings of neural networks -
A simple explanation of mysterious space-stretching ‘dark energy?’
Could the stuff that's blowing up the cosmos arise because energy is not conserved? -
Hey scientists, how much of your publication success is due to dumb luck?
Papers are like “lottery tickets,” researchers conclude -
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Simple statistics suggest some other team has already embarked on a centurylong drought
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