Professor of mathematics and computer science sets us straight on lottery odds

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Davidson College professor Tim Chartier who says you're 20,000 times more likely to get hit by lightning than win Wednesday’s $1.7B Powerball jackpot.

UPSC NDA Books 2026: Check Subject-Wise Best Books for Preparation

The NDA 1 2026 Examination will take place on April 12, 2026. With less than a few months left, you should build an effective approach and use only reliable r ...

Q&A: The science of snowflakes—how hexagonal symmetry and environmental changes create endless designs

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...

How An Indian Mathematician Was 'Guided By A Goddess' And Immortalised In Hollywood

Born into poverty, he reshaped mathematics with formulas he believed came in divine dreams. His genius crossed continents, ...

Tamil Nadu HSE-I Class 11th Sample Question Papers 2026: Download PDF

Sample Question Papers 2026 for Science, Commerce, and Arts. Use these TN 11th board model papers to practice, assess your ...
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JEE Advanced 2026 Syllabus Now Available At jeeadv.ac.in — How To Download

The JEE Advanced 2026 curriculum draws on key NCERT topics from Classes 11 and 12, spanning Physics, Chemistry and ...
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Ruijian Wang earns undergrad research award for quantum optics and photonics

Physics senior Ruijian Wang has been awarded the Fall 2025 Stephen Halley White Undergraduate Research Award from the Department of Physics for his outstanding research in quantum optics and ...
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There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap

Nothing sinks a golfer’s spirits like their ball zinging back out of the hole. Now, physics and mathematics explain how it happens. The anguish of a “lip out” occurs when a golfer putts a ball, and ...
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Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation

The simulation hypothesis was long considered untestable, relegated to philosophy and even science fiction, rather than science. This research brings it firmly into the domain of mathematics and ...
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The math says life shouldn’t exist, but somehow it does

Life’s origin story just became even more mysterious. Using mathematics and information theory, Robert G. Endres of Imperial College London found that the spontaneous emergence of life from nonliving ...
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Why Is There No Nobel Prize For Mathematics?

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Comparing Trig and Exponential Solutions to the Simple Harmonic Oscillator

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...