Articles for tag: Fossil Facts, History Of Science, Prehistoric Mysteries, Science Missteps, Scientific Discovery

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10 Prehistoric Misidentifications That Changed Science

Suhail Ahmed

Science loves a clean origin story, but the truth is messier – and far more exciting. Our understanding of prehistory was built not just on eureka moments but on glorious blunders that jolted entire fields forward. From shark teeth mistaken for magical “tongues” to dinosaur parents smeared as thieves, each error carried a lesson that ...

The Alien Code Cracked? Young Engineer Deciphers the World’s Most Mysterious Mathematical Language

Suhail Ahmed

Mathematicians all around have struggled with a theory so opaque for more than ten years that it was labeled the “alien’s language.” Developed by Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki, the Inter-universal Teichmüller Theory (IUT) runs over 2,000 pages and promises to solve the famous ABC conjecture a problem in number theory with great consequences for cryptography, ...