The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

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Several exams across GCSEs and A-levels could be taken on screens from the end of the decade under new proposals from the exams watchdog. Proposals in a consultation launched by regulator Ofqual on ...

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All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...