Math
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Math
A mathematician puts Fermat’s Last Theorem on an axiomatic diet
Fermat’s Last Theorem is so simple to state, but so hard to prove. Though the 350-year-old claim is a straightforward one about integers, the proof that University of Oxford mathematician Andrew Wiles finally created for it nearly two decades ago required almost unimaginably complex theoretical machinery. The proof was a dazzling demonstration of that machinery’s […]
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- Math
Bumblebees navigate new turf without a map
The insects can quickly calculate the best route between flowers.
- Humans
Top airports for spreading germs ID’d
Major hubs with far-flung flights are most efficient at launching pandemics.
