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Author: Josefina Alvarez
The amazing librarian
Josefina Alvarez
describes the workings of the most famous search engine of them all. You'll need some linear algebra for this one, but it's worth the while!
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Science fiction, science fact: reports from the frontiers of physics
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A simple question to ask about kayak races is whether having lots of paddlers helps or slows the boat down?...
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Why are we so clever? In evolutionary terms this isn't obvious: evolution tends to favour cheap solutions and...
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