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Keeping You Up to Speed With Distance Derivatives
Most of you would be familiar with the concept of distance, and how speed is computed for given…
Searching for a Green Source of Helium
Helium as a gas may seem innocuous at first, but it sits at the center of several advanced…
The First Computers Were Made of… Lightbulbs?
The advent of the age of computers was ushered in by centuries of research into phenomena surrounding electricity.…
Putting Pentagons Together
How many ways are there to put together some regular pentagons? The answers may be as puzzling as…
A Curiosity About… Spools?
There’s some interesting math to be seen in the action of unreeling a spool—just make sure to unspool…
How Did Sauropods Carry All That Neck?
Sauropods, or the long-necked dinosaurs, have long been the subject of intense research and imagining—and the mysteries surrounding…
The Bright and Brilliant World of Fireworks
For something that’s been around for likely hundreds of years, not many know of the interesting chemistry behind…
The Science Behind Sous Vide Cooking
You may have encountered the term somewhere in your late-night video binges or perhaps even in some famous…
How Do You Use a Keyboard With a Thousand Characters?
Unsurprisingly, languages that don’t use the standard English alphabet use their own unique set of characters, ranging in…
The Thing About Space-Filling Curves
Fractals and space-filling curves may tickle the fancy of those who like to see infinitely repeating art, but…