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Bumblebees solve the travelling salesman problem on the fly

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Bumblebees solve the travelling salesman problem on the fly

While buzzing between flowers, bees can solve the maths dilemma called the travelling salesman problem by finding the shortest route that visits every blossom

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the 1959 Sokolniki Park exhibition, where Khrushchev debated kitchens with Nixon, and citizens admired the latest TV sets

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The Soviet genius who tried to beat capitalism at its own game

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Wrong division: How maths can save democracy from gerrymandering

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The Seduction of Curves revives old ideas about maths and beauty

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Man sits at betting machines

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How to beat the bookies by turning their odds against them

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Art of auto rickshaw

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Illuminating India: The genius of making a little go a long way

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Most science papers turn out to be wrong. It’s time to fix that

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Riddle of the primes: why do they come in pairs?

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The brain's 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness

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Beating the odds: the mathematics of gambling

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Beating the odds: the mathematics of gambling

Blackjack, roulette, the lottery – there are ways of maximising your chances. Our guide will also teach you the best time to stop

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The Renaissance gambler who invented probability to win at cards

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Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions

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History of zero pushed back 500 years by ancient Indian text

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Baffling ABC maths proof now has impenetrable 300-page ‘summary’

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