The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is a prestigious competition featuring talented high school students from around the world, in which competitors solve complicated mathematical problems.

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Scientists are describing laws that govern the development of certain complex natural patterns, such as those found on the surface of cauliflower. Scientists at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid ...

Wormholes have long served as science fiction’s favorite shortcut through the cosmos, but a growing body of theoretical physics research suggests they will never function as tunnels. That does not ...