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Episodes (124)

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8 cm, twenty columns: a papyrus scroll digitally unwrapped
Jul 9, 2026 · 6 min
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When playing cards trained sailors and engineers Premium
Jul 3, 2026 · 23 min
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Earthquakes: can Android outrun destructive waves?
Jun 29, 2026 · 5 min
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Archimedes: Tracing the Lost Leaf Found in Blois
Jun 29, 2026 · 6 min
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2026 World Cup: Spain is the favorite… with just a 16% chance
Jun 25, 2026 · 5 min
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CubeHarmonic: from a scrambled cube to chord cycles Premium
Jun 25, 2026 · 19 min
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AI proofs: the paradox highlighted by Terence Tao
Jun 24, 2026 · 6 min
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Basketball fractions: 15% improvement in eight weeks
Jun 23, 2026 · 5 min
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AI without proof: investigating the Leiden Declaration
Jun 19, 2026 · 5 min
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Vedic altars: when ritual becomes geometry Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 20 min
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Gothic cathedrals: the geometry hidden in their windows Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 22 min
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Pascal: thinking about maths and faith through figures Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 16 min
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Leibniz: can we calculate the best possible world? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 12 min
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Descartes: why did his science need God?
Jun 8, 2026 · 26 min
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What do the numbers 2, 3 and 4 mean in the Bible? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 17 min
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Newton: why does absolute space lead to the divine? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 20 min
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Yi Jing, a divination text: Leibniz’s binary investigation Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 22 min
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Whitehead: why does God give mathematics its order? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 20 min
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Pascal's wager: can probability justify faith? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 21 min
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The vanishing point: why hide it in sacred paintings? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 22 min

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