PHYSICS & MATH

Math Healing Power That Fights Against Infectious Diseases

Mathematicians create the models to represent an infection spread. Using math, the predictions help understand how infection may infect the public in the future. The population of the people and all the pertinent data for calculating how an infection may affect a certain location to allocate treatments are used by mathematicians.

New Largest Prime Number Discovered

Dr. Curtis Cooper discovered the newest and largest prime number yet. This broke Dr. Cooper's previous record set in 2013.

Mod Allows BASIC To Run In Minecraft

Modder Sethbling created a mod that allows a BASIC interpreter to run and work in Minecraft. Minecraft, one of the bestselling video games of all time, has mods that lets players use computer programs like a Word processor and even run a computer inside the video game.

How To Slice A Pizza Using Math

Pizzas are usually cut into triangles or small squares and sometimes considered as a reward for a long, tiring day. However, mathematicians from UK see it more as a pie equation that needs a solution, thus ditching the conventional slicing technique and introducing a whole new way to cut it into pieces.

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