A study published in the journal Evolution on September 26, 2018, suggests that certain models used to explain the theory of ...

A study reveals random exploration outperforms focused analysis—shedding scientific light on non-ordinary ways of knowing.

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Democracy meant, in those days, ruling and being ruled in turn, as opposed to what it means today: regularly consenting, via elections, to never ruling and always being ruled by career politicians. At ...

George Pólya’s random walk theorem absolved him of being a lurker and revealed how the laws of chance interact with physical ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The battle over a new tax on California’s billionaires is set to heat up in the coming months as citizens spar ...

A TikTok user’s esoteric comment created a confusing viral moment. By Madison Malone Kircher There’s a TikTok user who goes by Tamara who is marking 2026 using 365 buttons. How is Tamara doing that ...

A generation of people online just realized it’s possible to have a thought and keep it to themselves. Enter “365 buttons,” the cryptic New Year’s resolution that’s now become a meme about time, ...

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...

You may remember William of Occam, the 14th-century English philosopher who gave us the concept known as Occam’s razor. The razor helps us cut to the heart of seemingly complex questions by suggesting ...