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Since antiquity, thinkers have attributed mathematics, and particularly geometry, to a uniquely human faculty. Yet, a recent ...

Tiling patterns can be found thoughout the natural world - from honeycomb to fish scales. But now researchers have come up with a new way to create patterns in petri dishes - using bacteria. By ...

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The pARameter project, funded by the EU's Erasmus+ programme, will be launched in September. The aim of the nine project partners from five countries is to support teaching and learning in mathematics ...

KENOSHA - Few people look at a ball of yarn and a pair of knitting needles and think, well, here's a math problem waiting to be solved. Sara Jensen does. Before she was a mathematician, before she ...