Time travel has been the staple science fiction books and movies for many years. Most who have read or watched content focusing on time travel knows about the paradox issue. Perhaps the best example ...

In network science, the famous 'friendship paradox' describes why your friends are (on average) more popular, richer, and more attractive than you are. But a slightly more nuanced picture emerges when ...

If you wear glasses you’ve probably experienced the problem of being unable to find your glasses because you’re not wearing your glasses. There’s also the conundrum of needing to drink coffee before ...

Time travel is deterministic and locally free, a paper says—resolving an age-old paradox. This follows research observing that the present is not changed by a time-traveling qubit. It’s still not very ...

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 ...

Math Horizons is intended primarily for undergraduates interested in mathematics. Our purpose is to introduce students to the world of mathematics outside the classroom. Thus, while we especially ...

A classic riddle about a hotel bill uses misleading math to create a paradox. This type of intentional misdirection is a ...

In a new research paper that was just published in the journal Psychological Science (“The Gender-Equality Paradox in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education“) by Gijsbert Stoet ...