(Nanowerk News) Humans are usually pretty good at recognising when they get things wrong, but artificial intelligence systems are not. According to a new study, AI generally suffers from inherent ...

Editor’s Note: Published in 1957, this article comes from Martin Gardner’s legendary Scientific American column Mathematical Games. Read more in our special digital issue, Fun and Games. A paradox is ...

Time travel has been the staple science fiction books and movies for many years. Most who have read or watched content focusing on time travel knows about the paradox ...

Here's a stumper: How many parts can you divide a line into? It seems like a simple question. You can cut it in half. Then you can cut those lines in half, then cut those lines in half again. Just how ...

The Axiom of Choice states that given any collection of sets, it is possible to choose one element from each set. This seems self-evident, but accepting this definition leads to numerous bizarre ...

When it comes to teaching math and science, is the grass always greener across the Pacific Ocean? “I'm working with educators to help prevent students from hating math before they even know what it is ...

Equations are ordered, elegant mathematical constructs used to describe specific patterns. Can you imagine some formulas depict the very opposite: chaos and randomness? What's more intriguing, they ...

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It seems like a simple question: How many parts can you divide a line into? The troublesome answer was square at the root of two of Europe's... Far From 'Infinitesimal': A Mathematical Paradox's Role ...