Hi Fi News

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‘Upgradeitis’ – the nagging feeling that some kind of change to your audio system would improve the sound you hear – seems to be almost inevitable for those of us who want the best possible sound quality when it comes to listening to music we enjoy.

Mysterious Ways

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Have you ever had an experience you just couldn’t explain? I’m a middle school science teacher. There’s nothing I love more than graphs, proofs and facts. As I tell my students, there’s not much you can’t explain with some good, old-fashioned math an

Nautilus

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On the average summer Saturday, the mathematician Neil Sloane woke up to a crisis. “There are always crises,” he said— albeit crises of the teapot tempest variety. One Saturday over breakfast, he faced an inbox message titled “edits from outer space.

AQ: Australian Quarterly

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One of the most complex – and polarising – social debates is that of euthanasia, an increasingly hot topic as the Baby Boomers approach and exceed their average life expectancy. Yet for younger generations, life expectancies are continuing to increas

NPR

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Kids and grown-ups can both experience anxiety when it comes to math. One college professor has an assignment to help banish the dread.

TechLife News

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John Urschel has found that a master’s degree in mathematics, his stature as an accomplished author and his pending doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology isn’t necessarily enough to sell young students on the benefit of crunching n

Nautilus

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Reprinted with permission from Quanta Abstractions In an interview with Quanta Magazine last fall, the eminent theoretical physicist Helen Quinn recalled her uncertainty, as a Stanford University undergraduate in the 1960s, about whether to pursue a

AppleMagazine

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John Urschel has found that a master’s degree in mathematics, his stature as an accomplished author and his pending doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology isn’t necessarily enough to sell young students on the benefit of crunching n

Nautilus

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Throughout this issue, we’ve explored the question of whether humans are unique, and if so, in what ways. In one interactive piece, “The Vocabulary of Our Uniqueness,” we asked readers which words best described what makes us special. And here are th

The Shed

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The Bright Sparks New Zealand has been running since 2000 and is now the country’s top competition for young inventors or, as Andrew calls them, “the sheddies of the future”. He has been mentoring these kids and their teachers for 18 years. “My invol

MiniMag

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HAS GONE VIRTUAL! Since 1996, Scifest Africa has been educating and enlightening its audiences, offering a crucial doorway into the world of Science, Technology, Innovation, Engineering and Mathematics for young people. Scifest Africa identifies and

Cairns Vibrance

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In celebration of the International Day of Mathematics (IDM), the Cairns Children’s Museum (CCM) will host Pi Daya celebration of circles at the Tanks Arts Centre (because tanks are round!). Pi (ϖ) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diam

Saturday Star

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A GRADE 12 pupil has created his own “calculator” app that solves intricate maths problems. Milnerton High School pupil Raphael de Sousa started the project during lockdown. “I felt like I spent a large amount of time checking answers once I’ve done

The Big Issue Magazine

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Emmanuel Rassou, a Grade 11 learner from the South African College High School in Cape Town, received a gold medal and was declared the Overall Winner of the Senior Division of the Old Mutual South African Mathematics Olympiad (SAMO) recently. Noah G

NPR

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A biologist at Harvard was chatting with a colleague about a mentor who pushed him to do harder math problems. It turns out the colleague had the same mentor — and so did many others.

The European Business Review

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Dr. Simon L. Dolan (Ph.D) is a prolific author with over 75 books and 250 articles published in professional and scientific journals. He is currently the president of the not for the profit Global Future of Work Foundation (www.globalfutureofwork.com

Quanta

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“Ribbon concordance” will let mathematicians compare knots by linking them across four-dimensional space. The post How Complex Is a Knot? New Proof Reveals Ranking System That Works. first appeared on Quanta Magazine

The Christian Science Monitor

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A study released today suggests one hurdle to more science being shared in family rooms is the lack of expertise parents feel. Researchers say having all the answers doesn't matter, but the encouraging of curiosity does.

Guernica Magazine

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The author discusses the limits of identity, the power of ownership, and the narrative beauty of math. The post Catherine Chung: The Vast and the Intricate appeared first on Guernica.

Cycling Weekly

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Once upon a time there were four universally recognised cycle training intensities. There was ‘easy’, which was just casual noodling while chatting to your mates. There was ‘steady’, which was noodling harder, but not so hard you couldn’t keep talkin

Literary Hub

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This week on Reading Women, Autumn and Kendra talk with Catherine Chung about her new book The Tenth Muse, which is out now from Ecco. Catherine Chung: I felt like everyone warned me that the second novel is harder. And I didn’t actually find that to

Post South Africa

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THREE pupils from Stanger Manor Secondary in KwaDukuza were placed in the top five matric pupils of the iLembe District. Preshivan Govender was first, Shanice Talia Augustine was third and Nevana Rampershadh was fourth. They each attained 7 distincti

You South Africa

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■ They love technology, so anything in the science and technology sector would suit them well. ■ They do well working in groups, so they’d make a good club manager or events planner. ■ They love social media, so would make a brilliant influencer. ■ B

Quanta

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Top women in mathematics and physics discuss how they got to where they are — and why there aren’t more of them.

How It Works

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Former HIW member James is a biochemist and biotechnologist. He is currently doing a PhD in machine learning and evolutionary theory. Writer and editor Jo is particularly interested in the natural world and learning about the latest in technological

NPR

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The world of matchmaking won't have to rely on luck as much as math, thanks to Yunseo Choi. The 18-year-old came up with a matching theory that can be applied to people looking for a life partner.

Nautilus

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Robbert Dijkgraaf will sometimes let himself drift back to his childhood attic in the Netherlands. It was there that he did some of his first physics experiments, playing with discarded binocular optics that his father kept stacked in boxes. As he ha

Quanta

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The American mathematician invented entire new ways to understand shapes and spaces. The post Dennis Sullivan, Uniter of Topology and Chaos, Wins the Abel Prize first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Quanta

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Modern mathematics relies on collaboration and travel. COVID-19 is making it increasingly difficult.

Watercolor Artist

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It’s the shadow and color that bring interest to this sketch of a key ring by Linda Daly Baker (lindadalybaker.com). “The key ring by itself would be boring,” Baker says, “but by adding a full palette of color, it becomes more intriguing.” The artist