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Ancient Babylonian Tablet May Show Early Trigonometry, But Some Experts Are Dubious
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A reinterpretation of an ancient Babylonian tablet shows that trigonometry might be 1,000 years older than thought. But there's some disagreement.
Mobius Strips: So Simple to Create, So Hard to Fathom
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It's easy to make a Mobius strip with some paper and tape, but your mind will be blown by the mathematical concepts it unlocks.
10 Eponymous Discoveries (and the People Who Made Them)
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Ah, the pride of leaving your name on a discovery as a lasting legacy of your time here on Earth. As the 10 discoveries on this list demonstrate, you probably won't get to revel in that pride while you're still alive.
10 Scientific Words You're Probably Using Wrong
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If you have a theory that potato chips are making you fat (with the proof being your expanding waistline), you've just used two scientific terms in a very unscientific way.
What Are Prime Numbers, and Why Do They Matter?
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You may remember from math class that a prime number is a number that can only be divided by 1 and itself. But why are they important anyway?
What Is an Algorithm?
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When you use programming to tell a computer what to do, you also get to choose how it's going to do it. So, what is an algorithm? It's the basic technique used to get the job done.
5 Challenging Math Games
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Math games require all your brain's firepower to win. Check out 5 challenging math games at HowStuffWorks.
Even the Smartest Mathematicians Can't Solve the Collatz Conjecture
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The Collatz conjecture can be worked on by 9-year-old math whizzes, but it's flummoxed some of the greatest minds of the past century. Will it ever be solved?
How Rebus Puzzles Work
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Rebus puzzles are pictograms with hidden meanings to solve. Learn how Rebus puzzles work at HowStuffWorks.
VII, MCM, XL: Roman Numerals Made Understandable
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And it'll take XIV minutes flat.