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Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before numbers were written down. By closely studying Halafian pottery, researchers ...

I mentioned last week that today’s crossword would be a special one. There’s a story behind it, but first, let’s figure out how the Meta works. The instructions say we’re looking for a two-word phrase ...

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Dirk Willer, Citi Research head of global macro strategy, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the market reversal of the last few days, what more investors wanted from Nvidia's quarterly earnings results ...

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Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t be said when we’re asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it’s 144).

Jean-Charles Pelland's work has been made possible by financial support from the ‘QUANTA: Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification’ project, which has received funding from the European ...