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The solution of the Zodiac killer’s 340-character cipher

See how Mathematica was used to solve one of the cryptograms sent in a letter by the Zodiac Killer.

Extending Van Gogh’s Starry Night with Inpainting

Digital inpainting can extend or repair photos, artwork, and other images. See how it works in the Wolfram Language, and try it yourself.

Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019)

Wolfram's Director of Technical Communication & Strategy, Jon McLoone, shares his thoughts on why it would not have been possible to create the Wolfram technology stack using a free and open-source model.

Announcing Wolfram Programming Lab

Easily learn programming and computational thinking with the Wolfram Programming Lab environment. Jump in and explore or learn systematically.

World Cup Follow-Up: Update of Winning Probabilities and Betting Results

An update on the winning probabilities for the remaining World Cup teams, and an analysis of how our predictor performed on the group-phase matches.

Launching Today: Mathematica Online

Using Mathematica always involved installing software. For Mathematica Online, just use a web browser—zero configuration, instant collaboration.

Wolfram Programming Cloud Is Live

Stephen Wolfram announces the Wolfram Programming Cloud: redefining the programming process for all. Type something, run it immediately, see results.

Is there any point to the 12 times table?

Jon McLoone on why we learn times tables, whether knowing them to 12 is better than to 10, approximation multiplication, & education recommendations

All Rational Approximations of Pi Are Useless

Investigation to find a better rational approximation for pi. Can we get out more digits than we put in? Chance to win a prize if you can do bette

Announcing Wolfram SystemModeler

Large-scale system modeling environment for instant visualization, simulation, analysis of systems with mechanical, electrical, thermal, chemical, biological and other components.

Introducing Tweet-a-Program

Compose a tweet-length Wolfram Language program. Tweet it to @WolframTaP. Our Twitter bot will run it in the Wolfram Cloud and tweet back the result.

Flying with Machine Guns?

Dynamics of shooting machine guns downwards, and the actual forces, velocities and heights that could be achieved. Modeled with Wolfram SystemModeler.

Programming Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi

How to combine Minecraft and the Wolfram Language, both standard on Raspberry Pi, to make interesting structures, add character capabilities or render your own output in 3D. Clear instructions on installation, using the MinecraftLink library, building, reacting to events.

Version 11 of Mathematica

Mathematica and the Wolfram Language: Version 11 released Aug 8, 2016. 3D printing, machine learning & neural networks, audio. Available for desktop, cloud.

After 100 Years, Ramanujan Gap Filled (2013)

History of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s lost notebooks and an exploration of solutions to those equations using Mathematica.

Can a person be identified by just the way they type?

Do a detailed analysis of your own typing style, just using Mathematica. Can a person be identified just by the way they type? See group data analysis.

25 Best Hangman Words

Mathematica analysis of picking the optimal words to win the Hangman spelling game. Code and link to Wolfram Demonstration are included.

Which Is Closer: Local Beer or Local Whiskey?

For which fraction of the US is the nearest brewery further away than the nearest distillery? Analysis and visualization done with Wolfram Language.

Automating xkcd Diagrams: Transforming Serious to Funny

Read Wolfram's latest announcements, events, news and developer insights. In-depth highlights of Wolfram technologies used across industry, research, education.

Wolfram|Alpha Is Coming

A computational knowledge engine accessing trillions of pieces of curated data and millions of lines of algorithms will soon be released by Wolfram Research.

Wolfram: The Simplest Universal Turing Machine is proven by 20 year old student