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A picture taken on April 9, 2018 shows lottery balls used for the rehearsal of the distribution of the Loto lottery on the set of the "Francaise des Jeux" FDJ in Boulogne Billancourt. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

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The easy tricks that can maximise your lottery winnings

From avoiding the number seven to picking numbers over 31, mathematician Peter Rowlett has a few psychological strategies for improving your chances when playing the lottery

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Objects called trajectoids can be shaped to roll along desired pathways

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Wonky shapes can be made to roll along a specific path of your choice

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The stunningly simple rule that will always get you out of a maze

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Decade-long struggle over maths proof could be decided by $1m prize

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Ancient plant’s leaves didn’t follow golden rule as modern ones do

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How maths can help you pack your shopping more efficiently

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Mathematicians make even better never-repeating tile discovery

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Physicist David Wolpert on how to study concepts beyond imagination

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2B034C5 In addition to Herman Melville's own experience on the whaling ship Acushnet, two real events served as the genesis for his Moby Dick. One was the sinking of the Nantucket ship Essex in 1820, after a sperm whale rammed her 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from the western coast of South America. The other event was the alleged killing in the late 1830s of the albino sperm whale Mocha Dick, in the waters off the Chilean island of Mocha. Mocha Dick was rumored to have 20 or so harpoons in his back from other whalers, and appeared to attack ships with premeditated ferocity.

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Once Upon a Prime review: The connections between maths and fiction

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Mathematician wins Abel prize for solving equations with geometry

Luis Caffarelli has been awarded the most prestigious prize in mathematics for his work on nonlinear partial differential equations, which have many applications in the real world

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Breakthrough in fiendishly hard puzzle has mathematicians partying

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Mathematicians discover shape that can tile a wall and never repeat

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Quantum computers may finally have their first real practical use

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Mathematical trick lets hackers shame people into fixing software bugs

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