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Dr. Tsimerman won one of four Fields Medals, an award for top mathematicians under 40, for his work on the André-Oort conjecture, but is now changing his focus to artificial intelligence. By Kenneth ...

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It's hard to believe that The Big Bang Theory ended in 2019, considering the cult following the series has and three TBBT spinoffs. Fans discuss the characters and their storylines as if the show were ...

Rajesh Gopakumar, the IIT-JEE 1987 AIR 1, chose Physics at IIT Kanpur over engineering. That decision shaped a career that brought global acclaim and leadership in India's theoretical science ...

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The research that successive governments have relied on to justify slashing disability benefits over more than a decade is riddled with inconsistencies, misleading statements and “unevidenced” claims, ...