The quote of the day by Blaise Pascal reminds us that human life is rarely governed by pure logic. His famous words state that the heart has its reasons of which reason knows absolutely nothing. This ...

Quote of the day: In the history of ideas, few thinkers moved as seamlessly between mathematics, physics and theology as 17th-century French savant Blaise Pascal. Remembered for his scientific rigour ...

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Photos, left to right: After school program in Honduras, courtesy of Honduran Youth Alliance/Alianza Joven Honduras; U.S. Border Patrol Agent training Guatemalan Police, by Miguel Negronvia ...

Editor's Note: Douglas Hofstadter gave permission to Scientific American to post this essay in light of the death of Martin Gardner, who wrote the magazine's "Mathematical Games" column for 25 years ...