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Kevin Hartnett

A Computer-Assisted Proof Solves the ‘Packing Coloring’ Problem

Your Brain Uses Calculus to Control Fast Movements

The Mystery at the Heart of Physics—That Only Math Can Solve

The Effort to Build the Mathematical Library of the Future

A Fleet of Computers Helps Settle a 90-Year-Old Math Problem

The Tricky Math of Herd Immunity for Covid-19

In Lockdown, Mathematicians Crack a Stubborn Geometry Riddle

The Legacy of Math Luminary John Conway, Lost to Covid-19

A Computer Science Proof Holds Answers for Math and Physics

The Universal Law of Turbulence Isn't So Unruly After All

Mathematician Terence Tao Cracks a ‘Dangerous’ Problem

Is the Equal Sign Overrated? Mathematicians Hash It Out

A Big Question About Prime Numbers Gets a Partial Answer

A Single Math Model Explains Many Mysteries of Vision

A Major Proof Shows How to Approximate Numbers Like Pi

Mathematicians Discover the Perfect Way to Multiply

Neural Networks Need a Cookbook. Here Are the Ingredients

It's Not a Myth: Quantum Messages Really Can Travel Faster

A Huge Achievement in Math Shows the Limits of Symmetries

Finally, a Problem Only Quantum Computers Will Ever Be Able to Solve