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ONE GIANT, THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHART PARTY

A Fascinating, Hour-Long Hunt For The Saddest NFL Punt Of The 21st Century

"So now you've seen nearly 50,000 punts! Congratulations, and I'm sorry." It's okay, SB Nation's Jon Bois. We forgive you.

A Different Kind of Theory of Everything

The New Yorker 19 Feb

Physicists used to search for the smallest components of the universe. What if that’s not the point?

HARD TO PIN DOWN

This How-To-Hang-A-Painting Puzzle Is Much More Difficult Than It Seems

Math Video 16 Jan

This one had us stumped — how do you hang up a painting with a string and two pins and ensure that the painting will fall if you remove either of the pins?

CAN WE KEEP THIS SHORT?

Unscrambling The Hidden Secrets Of Superpermutations

quantamagazine.org Math 16 Jan

A science fiction novelist and an internet commenter made breakthroughs on a longstanding problem about the number of ways you can arrange a set of items. What did they discover?

DON'T PANIC

Why That 72-Calorie Cookie Actually Contains 72,000 Calories

Science Food Health Histories Math Video 16 Jan

According to an American nutrition label, a packaged chocolate-chip cookie has 72 calories. According to a British nutrition label, it has 72 kilocalories. What gives?

HARD TO PIN DOWN

This How-To-Hang-A-Painting Puzzle Is Much More Difficult Than It Seems

Math Video 16 Jan

This one had us stumped — how do you hang up a painting with a string and two pins and ensure that the painting will fall if you remove either of the pins?

A LONG SHOT

How Mega Millions And Powerball Changed The Odds To Create Monster Jackpots

Washington Post Business Math 18 Oct 2018

Lottery officials have said that the change was in response to demand from players that they wanted to start with a big jackpot and have a better shot at smaller prizes.

Astrology Is Hard, Even if It’s Fake

The New York Times 17 Oct 2018

There’s an exam, and it involves math. In fact, there are many exams.

NEW MATH

Universal Method To Sort Complex Information Found

quantamagazine.org Science Math Studies 13 Aug 2018

The nearest neighbor problem asks where a new point fits in to an existing data set. A few researchers set out to prove that there was no universal way to solve it. Instead, they found such a way.

(NOT) TO BE HYPERBOLIC

Kooky Mathematician Enthusiastically Explains That 5-Sided Squares Exist

Math Explainer Video 13 Aug 2018

Middle school geometry was a lie.

USING WHAT REMAINS

The Magic Behind This Stupefying Card Trick Is All Math

Math Gaming Video 12 Jul 2018

And all you need to be able to do this is a deck of cards and the ability to count to 21.

NOT FARE

Dude Figures Out How Much He's Actually Making Per Hour Driving For Uber

Money Uber Cars Video Math Explainer 12 Jul 2018

When Road Guy Rob talks about his experience driving for Uber and Lyft, it definitely doesn't sound too fun. Add in the fact that he made roughly 42¢ per hour, and, well... we'll be taking the bus.

Bees can understand zero. Can you?

11 Jul 2018

Zero is a mysterious and powerful number. Let’s not take it for granted. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The number is a relatively new invent...

PAGING PIERS MORGAN

It Turns Out The Pythagorean Theorem Really Comes In Handy When You're Calculating Distances In Spacetime

Math Science Video 10 Jul 2018

Most of us think of the Pythagorean theorem as a geometric principle that has absolutely no bearing on real life. Theoretical physicists see it a little differently.