Hamilton's method is a natural and common method to distribute seats proportionally between states (or parties) in a parliament. In the USA it has been abandoned due to some drawbacks, in particular ...

If two fair coins, a dime and a penny are flipped and you are told that the dime came up heads, then what is the likelihood that the penny comes up heads as well? Obviously 1/2. On the other hand, if ...

The correct technical definition of infinity is that it is equal to some of its parts. For example, both the set of all real numbers and the set of all even numbers have infinite elements, yet it is ...

Could a monkey striking random keys, over infinite time, reproduce Shakespeare's work? The famous infinite monkey theorem now seems contradicted by the very limits of our Universe. A new study ...

Building on two centuries' experience, Taylor & Francis has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a leading international academic publisher. The Group publishes over 800 journals and over ...

Always wanted to go back in time and kill your grandfather? The possible results might not be quite what you expected. Recent experiments conducted regarding the possibility of time travel could ...

How many people need to be in a room before there's a greater probability than chance that two of them share a birthday? Numberphile approaches the famous birthday paradox without a computer.