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Where You See a Fancy Fish, Engineers See Alan Turing’s Math

6 November 2025 at 05:02
Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and all.

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A male ornate boxfish with distinctive, complex patterns of stripes and hexagons on its scales.

Where You See a Fancy Fish, Engineers See Alan Turing’s Math

6 November 2025 at 05:02
Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and all.

Β© Wirestock, via Alamy

A male ornate boxfish with distinctive, complex patterns of stripes and hexagons on its scales.

Moon Duchin on the Math of Gerrymandering

3 November 2025 at 05:00
Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex.

Β© Meron Tekie Menghistab for The New York Times

Moon Duchin, who leads the University of Chicago’s Data and Democracy Research Initiative, explores how math can help solve gerrymandering and improve electoral systems.
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