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In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is much more than a way to create a pretty pattern. Consisting of a surface ...

The meme exploded into youth culture with a video of a boy who delivers a giddy “six seven” at a basketball game. CAM WILDER The name of this fall’s most obnoxious classmate: Six Seven. Math teacher ...

While Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) has been a surprise winner of the broader tech ecosystem, it's unavoidable that the semiconductor giant represents a form of moral hazard, at least in the classical ...

Editor's Note: The YouTube outage has now been resolved. Read an update on Thursday, Oct. 16. YouTube experienced technical difficulties on Wednesday, Oct. 15, with hundreds of thousands of users ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

Kyle has a degree in Film, Television, and Cultural Studies and has loved video games for as long as he can remember. He's owned every PlayStation, dabbled with the occasional Xbox, and even owned a ...

Michael Ingram is a Senior Contributor from the United States of America. Michael has been writing for GameRant since 2021 with a previous history of personal analytical writing. Michael is a lifelong ...

Ravichandran Ashwin has echoed Virat Kohli's 2019 call for standard Test centres in India, emphasizing player familiarity and consistent pitch conditions over crowd attendance. Ashwin argued that ...

The public “should be in a state of collective outrage and revulsion” at the crimes of Nathan Gill, said Neil Mackay in The Herald. Gill, Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, has admitted accepting ...

Pilots in India are calling for inspections of Boeing’s 787 planes after a backup power system deployed on a recent Air India flight, a sign there may have been a problem with the plane’s hydraulic or ...

Dolly Parton is on the mend. The singer, 79, took to social media to set the record straight on her health, just one day after her sister asked the public to pray for Parton. “I know lately, everybody ...