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political science Apr 21, 2012 0 Would democracies work better if politicians were selected at random?
maths Apr 6, 2012 0 Who says you can’t use maths in your daily life?
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photography Jan 29, 2012 0 Photographer finds the equations hiding in her pictures
science Jan 24, 2012 0 The Science of Cramming
maths Jan 8, 2012 0 In search of the world’s hardest possible Sudoku puzzle
debunkery Dec 12, 2011 0 There really is no difference between men and women’s math abilities
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short films Nov 12, 2011 0 Pythagasaurus, a delightfully weird cartoon about a trigonometry-loving T-Rex
geography Nov 7, 2011 0 Loxodromes, rhumb lines, and the problem of sailing into infinity at the North Pole
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maths Jul 7, 2011 0 Did Futurama get the Banach-Tarski Paradox right?
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this is awesome Jun 15, 2011 0 Whimsical video explains how to use DNA to compute square roots
extreme maths Jun 8, 2011 0 A brief introduction to infinity
extreme maths Jun 1, 2011 0 These are the biggest numbers in the universe
factoid May 27, 2011 0 This Mathematical Formula Cancels Out All Sound
mad science May 22, 2011 0 Teeth-clenching + mathematics = a danger?
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watch this Mar 14, 2011 0 The Adorable Case Against Pi
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brains Feb 7, 2011 0 Without language, numbers make no sense
maths Feb 2, 2011 0 Why we have to get rid of pi for the sake of good math
stats Feb 1, 2011 0 How a Statistician Beat Scratch Lottery Tickets
secret history Jan 25, 2011 0 The Greek engineer who invented the steam engine 2,000 years ago
science Jan 24, 2011 0 Putting A New Face On Sudoku’s Ancient Ancestor
madscience Jan 1, 2011 0 A demonstration of Benford’s Law
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geometry Nov 14, 2010 0 Divine Proportions in male nipple re-positioning
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election science Nov 2, 2010 0 A mathematical analysis of what happened the last time the House went Republican
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