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16 September 2004 | ScienceNOW

Serving Up an Aerodynamic Crisis

by Adrian Cho
In volleyball, slower serves produce surprising swerves
19 August 2004 | ScienceNOW

How Language Shapes Math

by Constance Holden
Without words for numbers, counting is a challenge for Amazon tribe
10 May 2004 | ScienceNOW

Quantum Hide-and-Seek

by Kim Krieger
Computer game gives players a feel for the quantum world
3 May 2004 | ScienceNOW

Progress in Prime Progressions

by Barry Cipra
Mathematicians hail a new proof in prime-number theory
30 April 2004 | ScienceNOW

The Least Little Drop

by Adrian Cho
For daintier droplets, try a triangular nozzle
21 November 2003 | ScienceNOW

Stay in the Tub, Archimedes

by Charles Seife
Armchair mathematician cracks an ancient Greek puzzle
7 October 2003 | ScienceNOW

Cryptic Sculpture Cracked

by Charles Seife
The secret of the 'Cyrillic Projector' is out
7 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

How to Walk on Water

by Aparna Sreenivasan
Tiny whirlpools propel water-walking insects
24 June 2003 | ScienceNOW

Global Internet Research Lab Launched

by Robert F. Service
University and company scientists team up to test new applications
1 April 2003 | ScienceNOW

Prime Proof Shows How to Mind the Gaps

by Dana Mackenzie
Number theorists applaud insight into spacing of prime numbers
21 February 2003 | ScienceNOW

Network Anarchy Not So Bad

by Barry Cipra
Efficiency of e-mail delivery could be worse, but not a whole lot
5 February 2003 | ScienceNOW

The Fastest Worm Ever

by Charles Choi
Sapphire/Slammer smashed the speed record for Internet bugs
27 January 2003 | ScienceNOW

Mathematicians Trip Up Skating Reform

by Charles Seife
A new judging system for figure skaters may have serious flaws
19 December 2002 | ScienceNOW

Prime Riddle

by Charles Seife
Computer scientists hack away at an odd conjecture in number theory
16 December 2002 | ScienceNOW

Pi in the Sky

by Barry Cipra
Mathematicians’ favorite constant nailed down to 1.241 trillion digits
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26 November 2002 | ScienceNOW

Math Boggler Solved

by Science News Staff
But don’t ask to see the solution to this slippery problem
26 November 2002 | ScienceNOW

Fiery Computer Crash

by Martin Enserink
Alleged arson caused $50 million in damage to Dutch university
12 November 2002 | ScienceNOW

Memory That Sticks

by Charles Choi
Epoxies and other common materials show promise for optical data storage
22 October 2002 | ScienceNOW

Deep Fritz Ties Kramnik

by Charles Seife
A computer battles the world chess champion to a draw
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24 September 2002 | ScienceNOW

Crucial Cipher Questioned

by Charles Seife
Two cryptographers claim the national encryption standard is vulnerable
20 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Top Honors Announced for Math, Computer Science

by Charles Seife
Winners linked disparate areas of math, expanded the concept of proofs
15 August 2002 | ScienceNOW

Acid Test for Primes

by Barry Cipra
Researchers discover a surprisingly fast and simple test
17 May 2002 | ScienceNOW

A Computer as Big as All Creation

by Adrian Cho
If the universe is one big computer, how fast is it?
15 May 2002 | ScienceNOW

New Route-planner: It's a Gas

by David Bradley
Helium-filled chip takes on traveling salesman problem
18 April 2002 | ScienceNOW

Video Games Score High for Attention

by Laura Helmuth
Players have better peripheral attention and other visual-spatial skills
29 March 2002 | ScienceNOW

Math Cracks Egg Problem

by Erica Klarreich
The hard-boiled physics of spinning eggs revealed
24 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Reading the Bits of Shakespeare

by Adrian Cho
Common computer program recognizes authors
30 November 2001 | ScienceNOW

Volunteers Help Find a New Prime

by Charles Seife
Computer hobbyists have discovered the largest prime number ever, which weighs in at 4 million digits
21 November 2001 | ScienceNOW

First Automated DNA Computer Boots Up

by Ben Shouse
Enzyme "hardware" and DNA "software" solve simple computational problems
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30 August 2001 | ScienceNOW

For Mathematics, Abel = Nobel

by Barry Cipra
Norwegian government gives mathematicians their equivalent of a Nobel prize
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20 August 2001 | ScienceNOW

Jaw Dropper Crop Circle

by Constance Holden
British circlemakers dazzle with new 450-meter design
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13 August 2001 | ScienceNOW

New Teragrid Goes Beyond Supercomputing

by Jeffrey Mervis
NSF launches powerful computer network for academic research
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27 July 2001 | ScienceNOW

Pi Keeps 'Em Guessing

by Charles Seife
Mathematicians inch toward proving that the digits are truly random
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22 May 2001 | ScienceNOW

Data Storage Reaches New Densities

by Robert F. Service
Sandwiched disk quadruples capacity
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4 April 2001 | ScienceNOW

Screensaver, Lifesaver?

by John Pickrell
Oxford University wants your computer to test cancer drugs
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23 February 2001 | ScienceNOW

A House Divided

by Barry Cipra
Mathematician challenges apportionment formula for U.S. congressional seats
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6 February 2001 | ScienceNOW

Loopy Solution Brings Infinite Relief

by Charles Seife
Mathematicians tie up a loose end in knot theory
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6 February 2001 | ScienceNOW

Babylonian Teaching Aid

by Barry Cipra
Cuneiform tablet may have held answers to homework problems
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26 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

French Mathematician Wins Crafoord Prize

by Constance Holden
Alain Connes honored for "penetrating work" in algebra and geometry
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19 January 2001 | ScienceNOW

Jumping to Warp Speed

by Eliot Marshall
Celera, Compaq, and Energy Department join forces to build new supercomputer
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