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If you follow “Weird Al” Yankovic on Twitter (and really, why wouldn’t you?), you may have noticed this picture, which he posted earlier this week along with the tweet “Wow, waffles for just .25 cents? That means I can get 400 for a dollar!!”
Kudos to you, Mr. Yankovic, for spotting what . . . → Read More: Weird Al’s Keen Eye In case you missed it, Futurama was recently resurrected from beyond the television grave, and this summer it began airing new half-hour episodes on Comedy Central. Although it’s never reached the height of popularity achieved by its older sibling, The Simpsons, Futurama nevertheless has its own share of dedicated fans. Many of those fans appreciate . . . → Read More: The Futurama Theorem It’s rare for mathematical research to break into the mainstream media. New papers are posted on the arXiv every day, and published in journals all over the world throughout the year, but unless a famous problem is purported to have been solved (in this case, a famous problem is usually one that has a cash prize . . . → Read More: Math of the Rubik’s Cube Last weekend I went to the Pasadena Flea Market, self-described as “one of the most famous markets in the world.” I had not anticipated on finding anything math related, and although I did stumble across an old adding machine, the most surprising find was what greeted me at the door. Late last month there was apparently a bit of a ruckus over whether or not California should adopt new national education standards as part of a competition among the states dubbed “Race to the Top.” Although Race to the Top (the brain child of education secretary Arne Duncan) hasn’t received much media attention, it was one of . . . → Read More: Race to Where? |
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