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

The primary utility function, find_embedding(), is an implementation of the heuristic algorithm described in [1]. It accepts various optional parameters used to tune the algorithm's execution or ...

Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.

Physics can feel inscrutable to students; this lesson helps them understand a graphing problem by analyzing their own ...

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...

When you’re angry or anxious, some practices, including breathing techniques and releasing emotional energy, may help you calm yourself down. We all worry and get upset from time to time. It’s a ...

Your emotions move faster than your thoughts. Here’s how ancient Stoicism—and modern science—teach you to catch up.

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) provides 'top-down', higher-order guidance of thought, attention, behaviour and emotion, with dorsolateral regions regulating cognition, and ventromedial regions regulating ...

Abstract: The Laplace transform is one of an array of integral transforms gathered under the topic of operational mathematics. Laplace transform and the Fourier transform are the two integral ...