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You’re going to need some double-sided tape.

He developed tools for researchers to analyze categorical data, revolutionizing the study of poverty, income inequality and social mobility. He died of Covid-19.

His unifying disparate theoretical realms helped revolutionize our understanding of the most basic structure of the universe.

Fifty years on, the mathematician’s best known (and, to him, least favorite) creation confirms that “uncertainty is the only certainty.”

Using game theory, researchers modeled two ways of prioritizing vaccinations, to see which saved more lives.

It might be possible, physicists say, but not anytime soon. And there’s no guarantee that we humans will understand the result.

The discovery suggests that “Principia” had a stronger impact on Enlightenment science than previous research suggested.

In “Counting,” Deborah Stone argues that we shouldn’t put too much stock in numbers as a way to understand our lives.

Computer algorithms and machine learning are helping students succeed in math. Some experts see such efforts as a crucial next step in education.

Improving technology could make it possible to better anticipate weather conditions weeks in advance, especially in the tropics.