This has possibly been making the rounds a bit, but as we are beginning to get into the Carolina fall days, the thought of drinking beer on a porch at some drinkery is quite appealing. The not so appealing aspect of it is when the table you are sitting at decides that only having 75% […]
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Physics Though Of The Day: Goooaaaaal
How do the following numbers relate to each other:7.31 x 2.44 10.97 31.29 For those of you not into non-US sports and metric numbers, you may recognize these as the size of a soccer (aka Futbol) goal, the distance between the goal line and where a penalty kick is taken from, and the average speed […]
Biology Thought of the Day: Monkey See
How often is a job so easy that even a monkey could do it? That may not be such a bad thing after all. In addition to all the other stuff we share with our closest relatives, add mathematical ability to the list. Rhesus monkeys have been found to be able to learn simple addition, […]