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SONG: A Tiny Golden Mean

2 February 2010 grant b 0

SONG: “A Tiny Golden Mean” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “Golden Ratio Discovered in Quantum World: Hidden… Read the rest “SONG: A Tiny Golden Mean”

Why She’s Beautiful

22 December 2009 grant b 0

LabSpaces measures out the mathematics of beautiful girls:

Pamela Pallett and Stephen Link of UC San Diego and Kang Lee of the University of Toronto tested the existence of an ideal facial

… Read the rest “Why She’s Beautiful”

Germ markets.

5 November 2009 grant b 0

Wall Street financiers have more in common with bacteria than you might expect (ahem), PhysOrg reports, based on a new study that shows how microbes manage their investments:

“We

… Read the rest “Germ markets.”

Dead Fish Tell Tales, Alright.

30 September 2009 grant b 0

If you’ve ever wondered what a dead fish is thinking, LiveScience has the data, thanks to a team that gave brain scans to a dead salmon:

It began in 2005 when Bennett picked up a salmon

… Read the rest “Dead Fish Tell Tales, Alright.”

Science Art: Fractals.

12 March 2009 grant b 0

Here, enjoy some prize-winning mathematical art.

The Beatles Knew All The Chords… Plus One.

3 November 2008 grant b 2

Musical mystery solved after 40 years! It took an obsessive mathematician to discover what the heck the Beatles were playing for the opening chord of “Hard Day’s Night”… Read the rest “The Beatles Knew All The Chords… Plus One.”

Just don’t put their faces on bubblegum cards.

16 July 2008 grant b 0

Science News reveals the latest success story in political prediction – from a guy using tools from baseball picking:

He creates his baseball predictions by matching current players

… Read the rest “Just don’t put their faces on bubblegum cards.”

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— Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, 1851

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