I missed the memo on this one, but apparently worms aren’t the only animals capable of doing math. A recent experiment coming out of the University of Tokyo suggests that Asian elephants have an unexpected aptitude for arithmetic. While many animals have a rudimentary counting ability, and are able to distinguish between sets with . . . → Read More: Math in the News: Elephants are Smarter than your Babies
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As you may have heard, the economy is in a bit of trouble. People continue to debate the root cause of the current crisis: some blame so-called predatory lenders for pushing mortgages on people who couldn’t afford them, some blame the borrowers themselves for recklessly taking on loans to try and live beyond their means. . . . → Read More: Math in the News: Are Mathematicians the Reason Why You’re Broke? As promised, in this thrilling final installment to the relationship between math and voting (the first two parts can be found here and here), we will look at what many people see as the holy grail of voting systems: Range voting. The concept of range voting is simple. Given a set of candidates, in a range . . . → Read More: Math Gets Around: Politics, Part 3 |
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