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If anything is capable of changing critics' minds about action movies, it's the 'Mission: Impossible' star's limber legs.
If anything is capable of changing critics' minds about action movies, it's the 'Mission: Impossible' star's limber legs.
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If there’s one thing wordplay aficionados like to mess around with, it’s the numerical value of the letters of the alphabet.
More than six decades after his death, Alan Turing’s life remains a point of fascination—even for people who have no interest in his groundbreaking work in computer science.
How much is an ice cream cone worth?
Math whizzes may have noticed something particularly pleasing about today's date.
Can you solve the lighthouse problem?
You might want to grab a piece of paper and a pencil for this one.
You know math better than you think you do: Our mathematical thinking includes not just algebra or geometry, but trigonometry, calculus, probability, statistics, and any of the at least 60 types of math out there.
An estimated 99 percent of people who attempt it fail.
This impossible-seeming task has a surprisingly simple solution.
If you're chopping your potatoes into even quarters before tossing them in the oven, you're missing out on a whole lot of crisp.
Who needs computers or calendars when you've got your brain?
Between 1992 and 1996, artist Agnes Denes built a mountain.
It's called M77232917 for short.
Let's try to wrap our heads around it.
Marjorie Rice tackled an enduring mathematical question by doodling in her kitchen.
It took mathematicians a while to warm up to these controversial numbers.
You still might burn stuff, but at least the ingredients will be properly portioned.
The U.S. had its chance to convert in the 1970s.
They have not been seen in at least 30 years.