Math Stories for 2007

44 Conjectures of Stephen Wolfram Disproved 158
Mathematicians Solve the Mystery of Traffic Jams 629
Where Do the Laws of Nature Come From? 729
Should Wikipedia Allow Mathematical Proofs? 469
Riding the Failure Cascade 195
Light-based Quantum Circuit Does Basic Maths 198
Graph Shows Fraud in Russian Elections 406
The Gap Between Stats and Understanding In Flu Cases 83
Cryptography Expert Sounds Alarm At Possible Math Hack 236
Open Source Math 352
A New Theory of Everything? 511
NIST Opens Competition for a New Hash Algorithm 187
Patterns in Lottery Numbers 563
Brains Hard-Wired for Math 246
Wolfram's 2,3 Turing Machine Not Universal 284
The Science Education Myth 494
Wolfram's 2,3 Turing Machine Is Universal! 288
Best Way To Teach Oneself Math? 609
The Evolution of Language 528
Full Net Census Takes a Hint From xkcd 145
LA Airport Uses Random Numbers To Catch Terrorists 321
Know How To Use a Slide Rule? 388
Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug 806
A Mathematical Answer To the Parallel Universe Question 566
MIT's SAT Math Error 280
The Gradual Public Awareness of the Might of Algorithms 169
Kilogram Reference Losing Weight 546
Bringing Science and Math Into Writing? 434
Numerically Approximating the Wave Equation? 260
Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering? 766
Discouraging Students from Taking Math 509
Optical Solution For an NP-Complete Problem? 232
Winnie Wrote a Math Book 638
Möbius Strip Riddle Solved 184
Optimum Copyright Period Decided by Math 442
Text Compressor 1% Away From AI Threshold 442
Forget Math to Become a Great Computer Scientist? 942
Black Hole Information Loss Paradox Solution Proposed 252
The Fallacy of Hard Tests 404
Perfect Silicon Sphere to Redefine the Kilogram 453
Can Statistics Predict the Outcome of a War? 572
The Big Bang Vs. the Big Rumble 220
Boys with Longer Ring Fingers are Better at Math 322
How the Pentagon Got Its Shape 473
A Mighty Number Falls 348
Experts Now Say JFK Bullet Analysis Was Wrong 550
Wolfram Offers Prize For (2,3) Turing Machine 164
Own Your Own 128-Bit Integer 477
Mathematicians Design Invisible Tunnel 171
Mathematica 6 Launched 222
Encouraging Students to Drop Mathematics 618
Busting the MythBusters' Yawn Experiment 397
Six-Dimensional Space-Time Theory 330
Mathematician Predicts Yankees To Dominate 170
Newton's Second Law, Revisited 171
E8 Structure Decoded 127
Wednesday Is Pi Day 282
Ramanujian's Deathbed Problem Cracked 205
Old Islamic Tile Patterns Show Modern Math Insight 538
Statistical Accuracy of Internet Weather Forecasts 189
The Best Graphing Calculator on the Market? 724
Does Mathematical Tuning Make Games Better? 109
String Theory Put to the Test 407
Largest Twin Prime Yet Discovered 160
Formula For Procrastination Found 191
How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System? 1487

I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that they might escape the lusts of the flesh. -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"