Please Watch My Son Timothée Chalamet Rap About Math
As the proud mother of a Beautiful Boy, the Academy Award-nominated, best actor of my heart Timothée Chalamet, it is my…
Last Night's Challenge Contestants Couldn't Solve a Simple Math Problem
This season of MTV’s The Challenge is down to the final competition and Tuesday night’s episode saw a pair of…
Quiz: How Much Math Do You Know, Dummy?
Remember when Terrence Howard said 1 x 1 = 2? Did you believe him?
What Will Adele's 56-Date North American Tour Do to Her Vocal Cords? A Chart
Adele announced the dates for her upcoming North American tour on Monday, and I’m starting to get nervous about what 56…
Britney Spears Good at Math
Unlike you, Britney Spears knows math.
Bride Flees Wedding After Groom Proves He Can't Do Simple Math
When a marriage is arranged, it's not uncommon for a bride to only meet her groom on their wedding day. In order to…
How Much Would It Cost to Actually Throw a Game of Thrones Wedding?
I don't know why you'd want to replicate one of the weddings from Game of Thrones—seeing as they generally end in…
Math Can Explain Why Attractive Guys Are Often Jerks
It's not a matter of causation, but of correlation, as explained by something called "Berkson's fallacy."
Data Shows Girls Around The World Underestimate Themselves In Math
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has gathered data comparing countries all over the…
How to Be Good at Math as a Woman: Pretend You're Someone Else
Do you know how, in the education system, everyone is always saying that women are terrible at math and then if you…
All the Characters on Friends Were Suicidal Caffeine Junkies, FYI
It may seem pointless to discuss the coffee-drinking habits of television characters that faded away in 2004, but the…
Sara Volz, Teenage Scientist of Tomorrow, Turned Her Room into a Lab
In the not-so-distant future, when humanities majors (the unskilled laborers of academia) become so commonplace that…
‘Grandma Got STEM’ Challenges the Stereotype of Technologically Hapless Old People
Denigrating grandmothers for their supposed lack of technological prowess is bullshit because a) big fucking deal you…
Science to Women: Try Literature Instead
Could these AP exam prep books from the Princeton Review be any more obvious? English and history are for ladies, and…
Senator Ron Johnson Sure Hopes Tammy Baldwin Can Understand Math
Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin was among the most progressive members of the US House of Representatives during her tenure…
In Defense of Cheating
You know what I hate? Cheating. Cheating is shitty, and people shouldn't cheat. But you know what I don't hate? Also…
Maybe 'Girly Math' Isn't Such a Bad Idea
Winnie Cooper — I mean Danica McKellar, sorry — has a new book out called Girls Get Curves, a followup to her first…
Scientists Find Golden Ratio in Your Uterus
With all the government officials crowded in there, I'm amazed that they were able to do it, but scientists have…
Science Cheerleaders Invite Children to Admire Their Perky, Bouncy Brains
One of the challenges in convincing little girls to want to be smart is that they've been indoctrinated by society…