Mathematicians prove perfectly fair elections are impossible
Mathematicians have shown that no electoral system can perfectly balance local representation, proportional national results, and a fixed-size parliament once
Read MoreMathematicians have shown that no electoral system can perfectly balance local representation, proportional national results, and a fixed-size parliament once
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Read MoreScientists studying magma from the 2021 Tajogaite eruption on La Palma have discovered that extreme heat can dramatically change how
Read MoreScientists discovered unusually high water-vapor supersaturation inside deep tropical clouds, creating conditions in which tiny aerosol particles could intensify storm
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Read MorePrimordial black holes may occasionally pass through white dwarf stars and trigger enormous Type Ia supernova explosions. Researchers found that
Read MoreNASA’s Curiosity rover has entered a Martian valley covered by an astonishing “sea” of tiny polygon-shaped fractures. The honeycomb patterns,
Read MoreAstronomers may have been listening for alien civilizations in only a small slice of the radio spectrum while overlooking a
Read MoreA fossil overlooked for nearly 80 years has revealed a previously unknown crocodile relative that lived 210 million years ago
Read MoreMore than 150 years after Darwin’s finches helped reshape biology, Galápagos plants are exposing another evolutionary surprise. Giant daisies repeatedly
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