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Mathematics

Coffee machine

Physics

Maths says you need coarser coffee grounds to make a perfect espresso

Baristas normally aim to grind coffee finely to maximise surface area and extract the most coffee compounds, but a mathematical analysis has found that coarse grounds are better as they reduce clogging

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BDJ269 Welsh language school sign in the village of Croesor in the Snowdonia National Park

Humans

Newyddion gwych! Maths predicts that Welsh language is set to thrive

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Equations

Mathematics

Facebook’s AI mathematician can solve university calculus problems

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Prime numbers

Physics

Quantum computer sets new record for finding prime number factors

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Physics

Maths is all around us: how numbers control our everyday lives

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Numbers on a screen

Mathematics

AI is helping tackle one of the biggest unsolved problems in maths

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Red Deer Stags at the rut

Physics

Grand unified game theory can represent all two-player games

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Hands Playing Solitaire Card Game

Technology

We finally know the odds of winning a game of solitaire

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Humans

The Tenth Muse review: A story in which the women count

Culture
Manual Override exhibition

Physics

Don’t miss: Art meets science, atoms find love and numbers grow curves

This week, see scientifically informed art in New York, discover our atomic past and wrap your mind round calculus with the help of some bad drawings

Culture

Physics

AI could solve baffling three-body problem that stumped Isaac Newton

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Physics

Mathematician Eugenia Cheng on the abstract wonder of category theory

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Life

Bees are better at counting if they are penalised for their mistakes

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Mathematics

Mathematicians find a completely new way to write the number 3

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