Early in July, math professor emeritus Jim Bradley was awarded a $1,693,381 grant from the John Templeton Foundation to explore how randomness in the universe interacts with divine providence. Bradley ...

Algorithmic randomness and computability theory inhabit a crossroads between mathematics and computer science, providing a rigorous framework for understanding randomness in infinite sequences and ...

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Randomness and random numbers are critical parts of our everyday life. Matti Tommiska, Xiphera’s Co-founder and CEO, discusses the significance and purpose of randomness and random number generators.

Quick! Think of a number between 1 and 10…was it 7? If it was, don't feel too bad, as human brains are notoriously bad at both true randomness and understanding probability. Even if you're too ...

It sort of popped into my head when someone I knew said there is no reason to feel happy or sad over anything as it's all just random interactions with particles and waves, and things like that. So I ...

Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace is, of course, as much a meditation upon history and human agency as it is a novel that explores the lives of several interconnected aristocratic Russian families against ...

Professor Kenneth Miller is right: creation and evolution are not incompatible (Does God Wear A Lab Coat? -- Oct.1). When He created space, time, matter and energy, the creator (God) also created the ...