The Shannon Number, estimated at between 10 to the power of 111 (a 1 followed by 111 zeros) and 10 to the power of 123, represents the total number of possible moves on a chessboard. This figure was ...

Part 1 in a series. As a long-time science writer, I sometimes forget my own rocky transition from academic research to a career writing about how human culture is affecting the natural world and what ...