Science

People say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so let’s take a look at the two colours in comparison (there are various shades of (...)

A common addendum to a formula defining a function in mathematical texts is, “it remains to be shown that the function is well defined.” (...)

Life expectancy at birth is defined as the number of years a newly born individual in the given country is expected to live on average, (...)

Some objects in the Universe are huge, but it is hard to imagine how huge they really are. To help my readers with that, I made the (...)

The short answer is yes. $0.\bar 9$ (zero point 9 repeating) is exactly 1. However, a lot of people find this result counter-intuitive (...)

Does going for “nice” sequences of numbers, like 1 2 3 4 5 6, reduce the probability of winning in a lottery? Some people think so. “Have (...)

When I was a child, I was fascinated by the idea that some day we will be able to construct computers that will be smarter than us. Later, (...)

When we speak about IQ, it is important to understand that the common idea that IQ measures your “innate” or “genetic” intelligence is a (...)

When I was still in primary school, I was fascinated by things you “can’t do” in mathematics and developed a “theory” of division by zero. (...)

This is a common question on mathematical discussion boards, with people sometimes feeling that mathematicians are too closed-minded for (...)