Peter Nightingale (left) and Ian Gent with two of the eight queens needed for the ‘8-queen’ problem.
Stuart Nicol/University of St Andrews
Solving the P vs NP problem is one of mathematics’ most intractable puzzles, and there’s US$1m prize money for the first to do so.
She’ll be more like me than you.
Parents’ DNA try to manipulate one another in a bid to shape junior in their mould.
Rajkamal Kalamandir Film Company
In the midst of the country’s struggle for independence, India’s film industry became a messenger and ally in the global fight against Britain’s enemies
EPA/Cerilo Ebrano
The crackdown is contributing to a culture of unchecked violence, which is increasingly accepted as a necessary measure.
From Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer.
Netflix
Documentaries are vital vehicles for explaining the world.
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People from the lowest castes and ‘scheduled tribes’ are less likely to have electricity and clean gas, even compared to equally poor people from other castes.
The curse of survival.
Parilov
A twinge can be all it takes to convince patients they have a new tumour
PA.
PA
Billionaires who pledge their fortunes to charity must not just give big, but give better. It’s all about effective altruism
Gravity of a white dwarf star warps space and bends the light of a distant star behind it.
NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI
Astronomers report the first ever measurement of light bending around a star other than our own.
Never the twain…
M-SUR
Is this why we are in an age of intergenerational conflict?
MAX3D
The planet is more similar to Earth than any other – except when it comes to supporting life.
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Our secret? We’re better at sharing our ideas.
In the 1950s, Reggio Calabria on the toe of Italy, was a dangerous place to grow up.
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When floods hit the toe of Italy, children were sent away, often for years.
A bridge too far?
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China’s One Belt, One Road initiative is holding international summit in Beijing, but no Western leaders have said they are coming yet.
Sir Duke wants a second referendum. Or does he?
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He’s been gone for 40 years but the Duke could still make a valuable philosophical contribution to the Brexit debate.
Aftermath of the 2016 Berlin attack.
EPA/Rainer Jensen
Al-Qaeda and Islamic State have both encouraged would-be terrorists to use cars and trucks as weapons.
The US’s 1952 ‘Ivy Mike’ test.
National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office, via Wikimedia Commons
Claims of the destructive powers of nuclear weapons have, for good reasons, been greatly exaggerated.
Muslims?
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The lives of young non-Muslims are being shaped by Islamophobia in public and private spaces.
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Even Trump’s most destructive proposals pale in comparison. The president is merely throwing a match on a burning building.
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The Smarden incident and the arrival of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in the UK lead people to a new view of the environment.