Mathematicians Report New Discovery About the Dodecahedron
> The solution required modern techniques and computer algorithms. “Twenty years ago, [this question] was absolutely out of reach; 10 years ago it would require an enormous effort of writing all necessary software, so only now all the factors came together,” wrote Anton Zorich, of the Institute of Mathematics of Jussieu in Paris, in an email.<p>Right here is the most interesting part of the article for me.  It's definitely cool that we're making these sorts of discoveries still, but it's more interesting how so many more problems are now being solved via computer.  Had I gone all the way through my PhD (in math), I'd be some combination of worried that my computing skills were up to snuff, and intrigued about the increasing role of computers in mathematics.