An impossible object is something that looks realistic when drawn but can’t exist in real life. Many of Escher’s works are ...

Humans are usually pretty good at recognising when they get things wrong, but artificial intelligence systems are not. According to a new study, AI generally suffers from inherent limitations due to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You have probably encountered the base rate fallacy, and it probably fooled you. Part mathematical paradox and part cognitive bias ...

How could this be? This counterintuitive finding is a consequence of what’s called Simpson’s paradox, a phenomenon that is now widely known in statistics. In 1899 mathematician Karl Pearson first ...

Mathematicians studying voting systems have uncovered structural flaws that challenge the idea of a perfectly fair democracy. Their findings suggest that no system can satisfy every requirement for ...

It seems like a simple question: How many parts can you divide a line into? The troublesome answer was square at the root of two of Europe's... Far From 'Infinitesimal': A Mathematical Paradox's Role ...

Have you played the puzzle game Tangram? I remember, as a child, being fascinated by how just seven simple wooden triangles and other shapes could offer endless entertainment. Unlike LEGO, the Tangram ...