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Math +3D printing + turntable = trippy animation.
This classic math problem can be maddening.
Infuriate your relatives with the power of math.
Sisters Margaret and Christine Wertheim started the Crochet Coral Reef project in 2005 when they learned pollution and global warming may soon completely destroy the Great Barrier Reef in their home country of Australia.
How fast can you alphabetize 1,280 books? See how computer scientists can make the process much faster.
She was one of the last great thinkers of ancient Alexandria—before she was brutally murdered.
You could be an underwater archaeologist or a flavor technologist.
The theoretical cord wouldn't just break a climber's fall—it would also brake it.
It's one of the game's many unintended consequences.
Researchers say kids who spent five minutes playing a computer game scored significantly higher on math tests afterward.
Prime numbers can be "sexy" if they’re six apart, like 5 and 11—and that's not the only adjective that has a special meaning when applied to numbers.
Some enterprising students decided to find out.
Role-playing games just got a lot more intense.
Perfect your blackjack skills with a little arithmetic.
It won't happen again for another nine years.
Don't let the aliens eat you—and your hat!
Why did this brilliant mind end his days in prison?
Can a little calculus make a total novice into a gambling pro? Mental Floss did the homework and took a trip to Atlantic City to find out.
The only winning move is not to play (because the game is rigged).