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[:eu]For centuries, mathematicians tried to solve problems by adding new values to the usual numbers. Now they’re investigating the unintended consequences of that tinkering.[:]

[:eu]A decades-old method called the “bootstrap” is enabling new discoveries about the geometry underlying all quantum theories.[:]

[:eu]For Sylvia Serfaty, mathematics is all about truth and beauty and building scientific and human connections.[:]

[:eu]When two mathematicians raised pointed questions about a classic proof that no one really understood, they ignited a years-long debate about how much could be trusted in a new kind […]

[:eu]Physicists are closing the door on an intriguing loophole around the quantum phenomenon Einstein called “spooky action at a distance.”[:]

[:eu]The ancient Greeks argued that the best life was filled with beauty, truth, justice, play and love. The mathematician Francis Su knows just where to find them.[:]

[:eu]Life was long thought to obey its own set of rules. But as simple systems show signs of lifelike behavior, scientists are arguing about whether this apparent complexity is all […]

[:eu]Researchers have discovered that simple “chemically active” droplets grow to the size of cells and spontaneously divide, suggesting they might have evolved into the first living cells.[:]

[:eu]On January 4, László Babai, a professor at the University of Chicago, sent shock waves through the community by retracting a claim which, back in November 2015, researchers had hailed […]