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Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.

It involves 4chan, of all places.

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A computer language created to spot errors in mathematical theorems has uncovered a fundamental error in a widely cited physics paper for the first time. The ...

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Two long-time Utah Democrats call for Nate Blouin to exit race for Congress Two long-time Utah Democratic politicians called on Nate Blouin to get out of the race for Congress, hours after reputed old ...

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 ...