Math and puzzle fans find magic in Martin Gardner's legacy(scientificamerican.com)112 points by ColinWright 2 years ago | 47 comments
Shaken Baby Syndrome Has Been Discredited. Why Is Roberson Still on Death Row?(scientificamerican.com)38 points by rossant 2 years ago | 14 comments
Why Gauss wanted a heptadecagon on his tombstone(scientificamerican.com)277 points by sohkamyung 2 years ago | 62 comments
Gerd Faltings, who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize(scientificamerican.com)51 points by digital55 7 months ago | 7 comments
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about E. Coli (2008)(scientificamerican.com)35 points by angrygoat 2 years ago | 10 comments
Alexander Grothendieck Revolutionized 20th-Century Mathematics(quantamagazine.org)124 points by anujbans 5 months ago | 26 comments