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maths "This statement is false": animated explainer of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem David Pescovitz
big think How math people look at math, and why it works Devin Nealy
combinatorics The math behind the card game "Spot It" Clive Thompson
weird measurements This "Weird Units Calculator" can convert watts into T-Rex bites and lightsabers Thom Dunn
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man The Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters could make 300 million s'mores Thom Dunn
chaos The chaos game creates patterns from random dice rolls Andrea James
graph sheets Uses for the 1960 catalog of graph sheets Rob Beschizza
unreality New research: There's a 50-50 chance we're living in a simulation and here's how to find out David Pescovitz
42 A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Number 42 David Pescovitz
warped reality Weird and wild warped-grid jigsaw puzzles inspired by Mobius, Haeckel, and Picasso David Pescovitz
mathematicians Freeman Dyson as remembered by Tim O'Reilly David Pescovitz
mentalism "Pick a number and I'll guess it": the math behind the magic David Pescovitz
mathematicians Katherine Johnson, pioneering NASA mathematician portrayed in "Hidden Figures," RIP David Pescovitz
palindrome Why 02/02/20 is the most palindromic date ever! Gareth Branwyn
triangles How many triangles do you see? David Pescovitz
pizza Why you should almost always order one large pizza instead of two mediums David Pescovitz
shall we play a game In this tic-tac-toe variant played with all X's, the loser is actually the winner David Pescovitz
entitlement effect The Oligarch Game: use coin-tosses to demonstrate "winner take all" and its power to warp perceptions Cory Doctorow
kitchen science Engineers developed a mathematical model of Ooblek David Pescovitz
jessica wynne Do Not Erase: Jessica Wynne's beautiful photos of mathematicians' chalkboards Cory Doctorow