After a decade of failed attempts, a self-described shape hobbyist from England suspected that he might have discovered an elusive “einstein” — a shape that tiles a plane but only in a nonrepeating pattern. A new paper appears to prove his discovery true. nyti.ms/40kplaJ

“In a certain sense, it has been sitting there all this time, waiting for somebody to find it,” said mathematician Marjorie Senechal. “How many people are going to be kicking themselves around the world wondering, why didn’t I see that?” nyti.ms/3JQZfFp

A retired printing technician has discovered the elusive #Einstein tile - a single shape that #tiles a plane always #aperiodically. What a great moment for amateur #mathematics, and for tiling theory. Hooray Siobhan Roberts nytimes.com/2023/03/28/sci…

The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature, by the great @sarahlovesmaths nytimes.com/2023/04/07/opi…

"Mirzakhani could be private and retiring, but she was also indomitable and energetic, especially at the blackboard" On #May12, it's always worth revisiting this wonderful The New Yorker portrait of Maryam Mirzakhani by Siobhan Roberts. #WomenInMaths #May12WIM buff.ly/2MHyRQN

The OEIS, which has been praised as “the master index to mathematics” and “a mathematical equivalent to the FBI’s voluminous fingerprint files,” is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, with 362,765 entries (and counting). nyti.ms/41RDegM

In math there's always breaking news and lately there's plenty "fit to print". Siobhan Roberts continues previous reporting in @nytscience with another saga of an "Einstein" tiling the plane. With a New, Improved ‘Einstein,’ Puzzlers Settle a Math Problem nytimes.com/2023/06/01/sci…

“Who would believe that a little polygon could kick up such a fuss,” said Marjorie Senechal, a mathematician at Smith College who will speak at the Hatfest conference in July. nyti.ms/3OQFVfz

The Euclid satellite will take billions of images of galaxies to give Valeria Pettorino (Valeria Pettorino) and other cosmologists better understanding of the universe’s evolution. In 2018 Siobhan Roberts spoke with Pettorino about her hopes and plans for Euclid. quantamagazine.org/cosmologist-va…

Only in the last couple years have mathematicians started worrying about A.I.’s potential threats, whether to mathematical aesthetics or to themselves nyti.ms/3PEEh12

For thousands of years, mathematicians have adapted to the latest advances in logic and reasoning. Are they ready for artificial intelligence? nyti.ms/3XBrgXX

Welcome to Janine and all of our Science Journalism Workshop participants! This week's program, led by Natalie Wolchover and Siobhan Roberts, provides an opportunity for emerging science journalists to hone their skills in an intensive environment on the IAS campus: ias.edu/news/science-j…

I spent the past week at Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) science journalism workshop, where I met the coolest reporters & learned how to deepen my storytelling, beat reporting and more. Thanks Natalie Wolchover Siobhan Roberts for a wonderful experience!! 🧬🧪✍🏽

1. Lately I joined @heerjeet to record -- for The Nation's Time Of Monsters podcast -- the back end of a two-part discussion on the movie #Oppenheimer. Here I have a go at Jeet's specialty the tweetstorm. thenation.com/podcast/cultur…

Mathematicians gathered in Kyiv and Warsaw to inaugurate a new center and “open, or reopen, Ukrainian science for the world.” nyti.ms/3rd6wdt

Two biographies by ⁦Siobhan Roberts⁩ (a fave of mine) rereleased by ⁦Princeton University Press⁩ with fabulous designs by Christian Gralingen and a groovy new blurb that left me entirely starstruck (see below) Coming October 29th to bookstores across various parts of planet earth.

Hello, Coxeter. Hello, Conway. It's me, your biographer. I've missed you two. Happy new-editions day! With @princetonupress, and covers by the inimitable Christian Gralingen.

Out now! New #paperback editions of Siobhan Roberts's illuminating biographies, The Man Who Saved Geometry: The Multidimensional Mind of Donald Coxeter and Genius at Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway have arrived. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q02W7Q9B0 #Biography