[link|http://www.claymath.org|The Clay Mathematics Prizes]. Solve one of 7 math problems that have bedeviled mathematicians and win $1 M.

A fellow in the UK has claimed to have an outline toward a solution to Poincaire's Conjecture. [link|http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/2002-04-18_poincare/|Here]'s a Wolfram Research page describing the problem and giving a link to Dunwoody's solution outline. (Be aware that the proof is missing an important step, and the MySQL link at the UK server seems to be having problems.)

(Found via the AP Nation/World News at [link|http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/|[link|http://www.newsday.com|http://www.newsday.com]].)

Neato.

Cheers,
Scott.