Researchers are using chaos theory to 3D-print stunning pieces of jewelry. As Einstein himself said, "The greatest scientists are always artists as well." Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at ...

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Math is a cool way for us to understand the world we live in. And to that end Business Insider recently spoke with Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell ...

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Complex natural systems defy standard mathematical analysis, so one ecologist is throwing out the equations. Sometimes ecological data just don’t make sense. The sockeye salmon that spawn in British ...

Just when you thought it was finally making sense, scientists have officially declared life completely chaotic. For the last decade, researchers in fields from math to meteorology have been applying ...