Physics
Game theory says you should charge your friends to borrow things
When it comes to buying or borrowing goods, overall cost for society is smallest when people charge for lending
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Humans
How number words may have changed us from zeroes to heroes
Culture
Environment
Odds that Tasmanian tigers are still alive are 1 in 1.6 trillion
News
Physics
Physics of shoelaces shows why they come undone when you run
News
Technology
You can’t legislate against mathematics
News
Humans
Maths explains how pedestrians avoid bumping into one another
News
Physics
Cooling to absolute zero mathematically outlawed after a century
News
Physics
Celebrate pi day with 9 trillion more digits than ever before
News
Physics
The maths problems that could win you a million dollars
Features
Physics
Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality
A strange, unifying mathematical pattern is popping up in all sorts of unexpected places – and it could explain some profound questions about the cosmos
Features
Earth
Simple equation shows how human activity is trashing the planet
Opinion
Space
When computers were human: The black women behind NASA’s success
Features
Space
Katherine Johnson: The brilliant woman who got the US into space
Features
Space
Lost in space: Two books on the forgotten women of astroscience
Culture