3+ week, 4+ day ago   (28+ words) It had always been just a Triangle — a rigid, flat, two-dimensional shape on a graphic processor screen in an Austin laboratory. Three angles, three edges …...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (135+ words) Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor -- a girl who knew little but wanted to learn. Posted by retort at 03:45 PM | 0 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Read the Retort…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (309+ words) In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mathematical models were created — primarily in Germany — to visualize complex geometric forms and abstract mathematical concepts. Crafted from plaster, wood, metal, string, and even cardboard, these objects were used for research and university instruction....

13+ hour, 40+ min ago   (36+ words) There’s a sentence I keep returning to, one I first read in a paper and then couldn’t stop thinking about: a word is known by the company it keeps. It sounds like …...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (404+ words) New Delhi: Some giraffes can mentally combine hidden quantities of food, performing a basic cognitive process similar to simple addition. At the Barcelona Zoo, certain giraffes successfully tracked and chose containers holding larger combined amounts of carrots, according to a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (137+ words) Upgrade and listen to live audio transcription More is usually better when dinner is at stake. Many animals are able to choose the larger serving when two different-sized portions of food are placed right in front of them. A harder…...