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A research group from the University of Osaka, Zen University, and the University of Tokyo has mathematically uncovered the ...

How sports betting monitors used math to catch Terry Rozier and dozens of others accused of fixing bets on basketball.

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A formula developed by Richard Gott estimates humanity may have between 5,100 and 7.8 million years left based on statistical ...

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In their 1990 paper, “A Model of Growth Through Creative Destruction,” 2025 Nobel winners Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

OpenAI researchers prematurely celebrated on social media, announcing that the AI had solved a series of famously difficult ...