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Mathematicians spend most of their time thinking about what’s knowable. But the unknowable can be just as compelling. Perhaps the most famous example comes from a theorem by the logician Kurt Gödel.

A better, more reliable definition of temperature could come from a quantum device full of giant atoms. While some countries measure temperatures in Celsius and others use Fahrenheit, physicists ...

Old stereotypes often paint creative pursuits like music as worlds apart from subjects such as maths and science. But for the people who dedicate their lives to these fields, music, science and maths ...

Hybrids are better for the environment than traditional gas or diesel-powered vehicles because they have lower CO2 emissions and are often significantly more fuel efficient. Just to complicate matters ...

It is time to go museum-hopping again and collect free special-edition red packets. The National Heritage Board’s (NHB) popular annual Museum Roundtable Hongbao Campaign has returned, offering free ...

If the recent news of a new mathematics and statistics curriculum for years 0–10 felt familiar, that’s because it was. In term four last year, the Ministry of Education released a previous new maths ...

R 0, pronounced “R naught” or “R zero,” is a mathematical term that indicates how contagious an infectious disease is. It’s also referred to as the reproduction number. R 0 of 1 means an infection in ...

It was a golden opportunity for academic exchange when Chinese mathematician Hong Wang, a contender for a top award, gave lectures at universities in Beijing last month, but instead her overseas ...

Since Coleman (1966), many have questioned whether school spending affects student outcomes. The school finance reforms that began in the early 1970s and accelerated in the 1980s caused some of the ...

Choosing a lump sum today utilizes TVM to grow wealth via investments sooner. Investing combats inflation by yielding potential higher returns than high-interest debt. Use TVM formulas to calculate ...

US President Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on goods from most countries being imported into the US, with even higher rates for what he calls the "worst offenders". But how exactly were these ...