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Viewing math as a language might help it make sense to more of us
It might also reduce the anxiety associated with using math, allowing people to better answer a host of important everyday questions.
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- Computing
This computer scientist uses math to help people be treated fairly
Ariel Procaccia has designed computer algorithms that help split up credit on group projects, distribute donations, pick citizens’ assemblies and more.
- Math
Two teens have proved an ancient math rule — again
Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson proved math's Pythagorean theorem — in a way thought impossible for 2,000 years — and they did it 10 different ways.
- Math
Math reveals how skateboarders can ramp up their half-pipe power
To pick up speed, half-pipe skaters pump — move between crouching and standing — as they roll. A new study shows the fastest way to the top.
- Math
Scientists Say: Fractal
There’s no end in sight for these infinitely complex geometric wonders.
- Computing
Teen’s battle simulator could help Ukraine’s troops fend off attacks
At the 2024 Regeneron ISEF, Volodymyr Borysenko showcased software he created to help Ukraine defend itself in ground attacks by Russia.
- Math
Scientists Say: Correlation and Causation
There is a correlation between countries where people eat more chocolate and those that produce more Nobel Prize winners. But beware assuming that one variable causes the other.
- Math
Cake-cutting math offers lessons that go far beyond dessert plates
As a way to study how to fairly share a limited resource, cake-cutting can inform splitting up chores, drawing fair voting districts and more.
- Math
Geometry can shape our world in unexpected but useful ways
This math, and the geometers who use it, can solve problems from how to stack oranges to designing better vaccines.
- Physics
How much fruit can you pull from a display before it topples?
About 10 percent of the fruit in a tilted market display can be removed before it will crash down, computer models show.
