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

2020 Abel Prize laureates Hillel Furstenberg (left) and Gregory Margulis (right) Photo: Dan Rezetti Scientists Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis have won this year’s Abel Prize, which is ...

Severe climate changes during the last ice-age could have been caused by random chaotic variations on Earth and not governed by external periodic influences from the Sun. This has been shown in new ...

When flipping a coin, the probability of getting heads and the probability of getting tails are theoretically equal to 1/2. Here, when assuming a 'biased coin' where the probability of getting heads ...

In last month’s Insights column, we explored randomness in mundane objects such as a combination bicycle lock and a hexagonal jigsaw puzzle, before debating the philosophical underpinnings of ...