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Wednesday, 25 April 2012
A new mathematical model can predict the proportion of left-handed people in sports such as boxing and golf.
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Bernie's Basics You don't need to know your Chi square from your chai latte to make sense of statistical headlines. Just get your head around the lingo and some Year 5 maths.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Trick Predicting how objects roll, fall and trigger each other to move may have more to do with our basic instincts that the laws of probability. Watch this trick and understand why toddlers are excited by something as simple as a rolling ball.
Monday, 13 February 2012
British scientists may have cracked a problem that has perplexed humanity since Leonardo da Vinci pondered it 500 years ago.
Friday, 23 December 2011
Like humans and monkeys, the common pigeon too is able to put numbers in order, according to new research.
Friday, 16 December 2011
Scientists using the largest computer simulation of the universe to recreate the web like structure of of an infant universe.
Wednesday, 14 December 2011 13
Holiday reading Looking for a good science read over summer? We asked some scientists and ABC science personalities to share their favourite picks.
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Surfing Scientist Trick Things that move for no apparent reason give some people the heebie-jeebies. So does maths.
Wednesday, 7 December 2011 8
Opinion The romantic ideal of a young genius changing the world with the stroke of a pen bears little resemblance to modern science. Michael Biercuk explains why.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Scientists have used the spooky properties of quantum physics to create light out of empty space.
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 24
Ask an Expert We divide the day into 24 hours, one hour into 60 minutes and one minute into 60 seconds. What other comparably accurate methods have been used throughout history?
Monday, 17 October 2011
A group of Israeli researchers has built a computer algorithm to 'decode' the Bible.
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Meet a scientist Professor Hugh Possingham uses mathematics to prioritise global conservation efforts.
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Meet a scientist Professor Corey Bradshaw is passionate about using the power of maths to prove that conservation is more than a luxury, it's a necessity.
Monday, 25 July 2011
Hong Kong physicists say they have proved that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light.