People show up out of duty, not desire, and then feel guilty for not enjoying themselves more. The group becomes an ...

An 'unsettling' optical illusion shows two squares which appear to be completely different shades of gray, but are actually ...

An Optical Illusion is a type of visual illusion puzzle which is used for fun and challenge. These types of illusions often ...

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Our eyes can frequently play tricks on us, but scientists have discovered that some artificial intelligence can fall for the ...

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National Mathematics Day: December 22 is observed as National Mathematics Day in India to honour Srinivasa Ramanujan, the man who seemingly knew infinity. While Ramanujan is celebrated as a genius and ...

Srinivasa Ramanujan has shown that mathematics, for him, was more than numbers, it was divine. He has inspired generations to see knowledge as a bridge between human understanding and the universe. He ...

In the history of mathematics, few numbers have acquired a personality of their own. One such number is 1729, famously known as the Hardy–Ramanujan number, celebrated not for its size but for the ...

(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated April 21, 2008) The life story of this Indian mathematical genius, who won worldwide fame in mathematics despite his poor ...