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Computer Model Replays Europe's Cultural History

  A simple mathematical model of the way cultures spread reproduces some aspe...

Mathematicians Reveal Serial Killer's Pattern of Murder

    A simple mathematical model of the brain explains the pattern of murders...

The Imminent Rise of Social Cloud Computing

  If you share your photos, videos and life events with people on a social ne...

Risk Management and The Art of Dealing With The Fact That Life is a B**** – and Then You Die.

It’s Monday morning and I just came back from kinder garden where my kids will...

Create a Digital Magazine with your favorite Web Content

I earlier discussed a few content curation tools that make it easy for you to cl...

Fermi, Volcanoes, and the Dark Art of Estimation

  Enrico Fermi was renowned for his ability to make reliable estimates. But h...

Design And The New Industrial Revolution

Product designers have always had to choose between additive processes such as...

Mathematicians Develop Stress Test For Global Economy

If China suffers a recession, how badly will the rest of the world be hit? Mathe...

The Moore's Law of solar energy

This article was originally posted at Scientific American. It's reprinted with p...

Activating brain protein shown to aid in stroke recovery

It’s certainly not a news flash to say that being in a stimulating environment...

Books

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Brains on Fire - Igniting Powerful, Sustainable,...

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Earlier this week, we at O'Reilly regenerated all ...

Living

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