math
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Earth’s Core Is Younger Than We Thought
Without a TARDIS, a journey to the centre of the Earth might be your best option for travelling to the past. Because of the way gravity warps spacetime, physicists have now calculated that the Earth’s core is 2.5 years younger than its surface.
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Why Assuming You’re Mediocre Could Save You From Financial Ruin
After a slow fourth quarter in 2015, many economists predict the United States economy will rebound for a stronger showing later this year, with the Australian economy likely to follow. That’s promising news. So why do many of us feel like we’re not doing so well — even in times of relative prosperity?
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Newly Discovered Prime Number Is 22 Million Digits And Would Take About 127 Days To Pronounce
Assuming you can say two digits a second and have evolved beyond the need for food, sleep or a social life, the largest prime number ever discovered would take you more than four months to even say. So you’ll forgive the Great Internet Merseene Prime Search project, the impressive minds behind the discovery, if they…
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How Facial Recognition Uses Super-Simple Patterns To Understand Your Expression
Video: Facial recognition systems use all kinds of clever software to work out who you are and even how you’re feeling. But in this video explainer, Dr Michel Valstar explains how a simple piece on analysis known as a Local Binary Pattern can help detect your expression.