Math Stories for 2021

Mathematician Hurls Structure and Disorder Into Century-Old Problem 15
'When a Newspaper Publishes an Unsolvable Puzzle' 23
DeepMind Cracks 'Knot' Conjecture That Bedeviled Mathematicians For Decades 21
Researchers Claim Locally-Testable-Code Breakthrough With Exotic Multi-Dimensional Graph 62
California Moves To Recommend Delaying Algebra To 9th Grade Statewide 639
The 50-year-old Problem That Eludes Theoretical Computer Science 113
A Math Teacher is Putting Calculus Lessons on Pornhub 57
Mathematicians Prove Melting Ice Stays Smooth 22
Simple Mathematical Law Predicts Movement In Cities Around the World 54
Mathematical Model Predicts Best Way To Build Muscle 67
Scientists Calculate Pi To 62.8 Trillion Digits 123
Ask Slashdot: Is There a 'Standard' Way of Formatting Numbers? 84
Oregon Law Allows Students To Graduate Without Proving They Can Write Or Do Math 337
Australian Mathematician Discovers Applied Geometry Engraved on 3,700-year-old Tablet 81
French Engineer Claims He's Solved the Zodiac Killer's Final Code 57
Mathematicians Welcome Computer-Assisted Proof in 'Grand Unification' Theory 36
When Graphs Are a Matter of Life and Death 122
Adding Is Favored Over Subtracting In Problem Solving 90
The Solution of the Zodiac Killer's 340-Character Cipher 46
Quantum Computer Solves Decades-Old Problem Three Million Times Faster Than a Classical Computer 77
Machines Are Inventing New Math We've Never Seen 44
Quixotic Californian Crusade To Officially Recognize the Hellabyte 128
Calculations Show It'll Be Impossible To Control a Super-Intelligent AI 194
New XPrize Challenge: Predicting Covid-19's Spread and Prescribing Interventions 22

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