How Mathematicians Cracked the Zodiac Killer’s Cipher
In the late 1960s, a serial killer self-identifying as “the Zodiac” killed at least five people in Northern California and…
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In the late 1960s, a serial killer self-identifying as “the Zodiac” killed at least five people in Northern California and…
What does Absolute Zero mean? Temperature tends to be relative — the air is below freezing, her fever is above normal. But scientists probe…
And how mathematical collaborations yield breakthroughs. The biggest math heist in years happened the morning of Aug. 1 in a…
Forget reality: In virtual reality, you can be whomever and wherever you want. VR makes the unreal real, using computer…
Electronics engineers are constantly seeking the next great thing, the supermaterial that will allow for devices even smaller and faster…
Slow boarding annoyed Jason Steffen. but rather than complain about it, like most of us would, the Fermilab astrophysicist took…
Australian scientists have invented a new breed of robots called Lingodroids, programmed to make, use, and share language. The bots can…
Ever since astronomers started finding planets orbiting other stars, they have been learning just how rich and peculiar the cosmos…
My first feature was a piece about unsolved problems in mathematics, published in Discover in 2006. Read it here.
Once the most feared disease on the planet, smallpox killed countless people in the course of human history. The first signs…