math
Colleges Unable to Hold Off Hordes of Freshmen
Hamilton Nolan · 08/03/10 02:47PMPoor Kids Wise Up, Skip College
Hamilton Nolan · 07/07/10 03:36PMThis Will Make Math Cool
Hamilton Nolan · 07/06/10 09:26AMWhat's Plato's 'Hidden Philosophy'?
Max Read · 06/30/10 04:54PMIt's Official: The Poors Are About to Take Over the World
Hamilton Nolan · 06/25/10 09:48AMMath Writer and 'Puzzle-Master' Martin Gardener Dies at 95
Max Read · 05/24/10 01:25AMMathematical Proof That Your Spouse Is Leaving You
Maureen O'Connor · 05/17/10 02:28PMNations We Joke About Are Now Beating Us at Math
Hamilton Nolan · 04/15/10 10:47AMWe Can't Do Math So We Spent All Our Social Security
Hamilton Nolan · 03/25/10 02:26PMHappy Pi Day: Here Are Some Baby Geniuses Reciting Hundreds of Digits
Maureen O'Connor · 03/14/10 12:53PMLet us celebrate this most nerdy 3.14 with a videos of preternaturally intelligent children reciting hundreds of digits of pi from memory. They can't tie their shoes, but they could balance your checkbook.
Nikki Finke Beats Gawker In Traffic, In Her Own Mind
John Cook · 02/24/10 04:41PMA Scientific Theory of the Economic Progression of Total Brokeness
Hamilton Nolan · 02/01/10 03:08PMScience: Americans Can't Count
Hamilton Nolan · 01/18/10 10:59AMNumber-talkin' scientists report that Americans can speak English and count to ten, but not at the same time. A study shows that our brains perceive the vowel sounds in "two" to represent something large, while the vowel sounds in "three" represent something small (in our brains, still). So people estimated that a $3 item marked down to $2.22 was actually more expensive than a $3 item marked down to $2.33.