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In 1974, a geneticist named Marsha Jean Falco devised an ingenious research tool to help determine whether epilepsy in dogs was an inherited trait. She drew a series of symbols on index cards, where ...
A deceptively simple math problem has left the internet stumped, proving it may be far trickier than it appears at first glance. The mathematical brain teaser, posted Friday by X user @BholanathDutta, ...
Research Fellow in Mathematical Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine When we go to the cinema, we expect certain things of big-screen scientists. Most of us will get annoyed if a ...