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Keeping time: The history, origin and meanings of B.C. and A.D.
The use of "anno domini" and "before Christ" to mark time began in the early days of Christianity, when clerics needed to know when Easter would fall.
What is the largest known prime number?
There are infinitely many prime numbers, but the biggest one we know of goes by the name M82589933 and contains more than 24 million digits.
The 9 most massive numbers in existence
From the humble trillion to Graham's number, here are some of the most massive numbers ever conceived by humans.
Largest known prime number, spanning 41 million digits, discovered by amateur mathematician using free software
A draw housing six Sapphire Technology AMD graphics processing units (GPUs).
The '3-body problem' may not be so chaotic after all, new study suggests
Scientists studying the infamous 3-body problem have discovered certain "islands of regularity" that emerge from the gravitational chaos.
Black holes from the universe's infancy could reveal invisible matter
New theoretical research suggests primordial black holes could one day help researchers locate invisible dark matter.
The universe may end in a 'Big Freeze,' holographic model of the universe suggests
New research suggests holographic dark energy could stop the universe's expansion.
This 180-year-old graffiti scribble was actually an equation that changed the history of mathematics
A photograph of the arched stone bridge that William Rowan Hamilton scratched his equation into.
32 physics experiments that changed the world
From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics experiments that changed the world.
'Can you predict the future? Yes, of course you can.': Inside the 1 equation that can predict the weather, sporting events, and more
"Life isn’t chess, a game of perfect information, one that can in theory be 'solved.' It's poker, a game where you're trying to make the best decisions using the limited information you have. "
