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You scrambled up a Rubik's cube, and now you want to put it back in order. What sequence of moves should you make?
It seems that the best strategy for minimizing the number of trucker-involved accidents is less about ensuring ...
Courtney Gibbons is affiliated with the Association for Women in Mathematics and the American Mathematical Society. You might remember learning about the quadratic formula to figure out the ...
When words fail them, creative writers imagine entirely new ones. Author Patti Callahan Henry examines fictional language, ...
In 1999, Filipinos in San Francisco found a more permanent way to keep the Baybayin language around. Many went under the ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Surprise: You can answer this question with modern algebra. Most folks who have ...
(THE CONVERSATION) You scrambled up a Rubik’s cube, and now you want to put it back in order. What sequence of moves should you make? Surprise: You can answer this question with modern algebra.
The next time you’re about to tap a text message to resolve an unpaid toll balance, your Android phone may warn you to think ...