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Why do some elements decay in minutes, while others last billions of years? Certain "magic numbers" of nuclear particles may ...
This month, thousands of new students across Kenyan universities are beginning an exciting new chapter. For many, it's the payoff for years of hard work, while for others, it's the start of an ...
An international team of authors led by Ilka Agricola, professor of mathematics at the University of Marburg, Germany, has ...
At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.
The inspiration for this column comes not from the epic 1999 film The Matrix, as the title may suggest, but from an episode of Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast that I listened to over the summer. The ...
IIT Guwahati has released the GATE 2026 Mechanical Engineering Syllabus for the exam scheduled to be held on February 07, 08, ...
The Goldilocks solution to our math crisis is where relatable problems aren’t so simple that there’s no learning but also not so complex and irrelevant that there's none.
SET for a Quantum Leap Celebrating 30 years of excellence in science, engineering and technology (SET) in South Africa… and beyond It’s South Africa’s biggest night in science, where groundbreaking ...
For almost a quarter of pupils taking Maths and English GCSEs this year, it wasn't their first rodeo. Some 23.4% of pupils taking those exams were aged 17 and older - an all-time high. While some of ...
There are two sets of standings for Atlantic Coast Conference schools this football season. The ranking of schools by wins and losses will impact which teams qualify for the playoff, win the ...
Unless you do it in your day to day job, math can be very easy to avoid once you graduate from school. Suddenly those long, complicated equations that your math teacher swore would be trivial are so ...
If you’re someone who enjoys giving your brain a workout with puzzles and riddles, a new brain teaser might just be your next challenge. Shared by a Facebook user named Arshdeep Soni, the teaser ...