Tag: Geometry
Will I ever need math? A mathematician explains how math is...
Hortensia Soto, Colorado State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Declines in math readiness underscore the urgency of math awareness
Manil Suri, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Math Awareness Week in...
The weird world of one-sided objects
David Gunderman, University of Colorado and Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
You have most likely encountered one-sided objects hundreds of times in your daily life –...
Math shows how DNA twists, turns and unzips
Mariel Vazquez, University of California, Davis
If you’ve ever seen a picture of a DNA molecule, you probably saw it in its famous B-form: two...
Stop criticizing bizarrely shaped voting districts. They might not be gerrymandered...
Dustin G. Mixon, The Ohio State University
How can you tell if a voting district has been gerrymandered?
Every 10 years, the U.S. Census informs lawmakers...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
