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  1. Math

    Groups, Graphs, and Erdös Numbers

    Erdös numbers reveal the great extent of mathematical collaboration.

    By Ivars Peterson
  2. Math

    Super Bowl Crashes

    Should you stay off the road immediately after the Super Bowl telecast is over?

    By Ivars Peterson
  3. Math

    Super Bowl Crashes

    Should you stay off the road immediately after the Super Bowl telecast is over?

    By Ivars Peterson
  4. Math

    Captcha the Puzzle

    A computer creates a test that it can't pass but most people can.

    By Ivars Peterson
  5. Math

    Ask-a-Friend Marketplaces

    If you ask enough friends, paying for answers to questions can help you get the answers you need from a social network.

    By Ivars Peterson
  6. Math

    Parking Space Roulette

    What's the best strategy for finding a good parking spot quickly?

    By Ivars Peterson
  7. Math

    Quilting Pi

    The digits of pi inspire artistic quilts. For more math, visit the MathTrek blog.

    By Ivars Peterson
  8. Math

    The squint method of data analysis

    Mathematicians discover a Klein bottle hidden within the data underlying photographs

    By Julie Rehmeyer

  9. U.S. science policy needs to heed global realities

    Comment by Steven Hyman, provost of Harvard University

    By Steven Hyman
  10. Math

    The tell-tale anecdote

    An Edgar Allan Poe story reveals a flaw in game theory.

    By Julie Rehmeyer

  11. In communicating science, Europe envies the U.S.

    From the August 16, 2008 issue of Science News.

    By Science News
  12. Humans

    Nation needs recovery plan for science faculty jobs

    Over the past few months, many graduate students and postdocs have been receiving letters from department chairs apologetically explaining that the faculty job search at Institution X has been canceled. State and private universities are facing declining tax revenues and falling endowments, and are unwilling to raise tuition on newly impoverished families. From Harvard to […]

    By David Spergel