Opinion

The Binary Vision

A Faith Besieged: It was a time when Hinduism, touted as one of the world's most liberal religions, was perceived to be in danger of being perverted. It was seized upon as a means to political power.
More than a century after Srinivasa Ramanujan scribbled his lightning-fast formulas for π in a notebook, physicists are ...
Physicist Brian Cox has rarely been shy about his enthusiasm for big, difficult ideas, but his reaction to a recent quantum ...
A version of this puzzle originally appeared in the October 1960 issue of Scientific American. What’s the Most Distant Galaxy ...
President Donald Trump was expected to sign a “Ways and Means Bill,” focused on “protecting taxpayer rights” by requiring the IRS to “show its math when changing returns,” according to a news release ...
The Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia arranged floral depictions on pottery with symmetry and numerical sequences, ...
The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75 years later, memories of Partition still haunt survivors. People ...
Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...
Christians begin their day, activities and prayers with the Sign of the Cross. It strengthens us in temptations and difficulties. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
No. 3 May, 2010 pp. 1401-2180 No. 2 March, 2010 pp. 619-1400 No. 1 January, 2010 pp. 1-618 ...