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Mathematics and sex | Clio Cresswell | TEDxSydney

[…] Mathematics and sex are deeply intertwined. From using mathematics to reveal patterns in our sex lives, to using sex to prime our brain for certain types of problems, to understanding them both in terms of the evolutionary roots of … Continue reading

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The Brewer Who Secretly Revolutionized Statistics | Great Minds: William Gosset

When you have a study with a small sample size, how do you know that the results represent the broader population? Well, thanks to a brewer who needed to assess beer quality in the early 1900s, we now have a … Continue reading

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99% Of People Don’t Know This Math Secret

This little trick makes math calculations much easier. Sources/references (March 2019) https://twitter.com/stephens_ben/stat… https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/hea… https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-n… http://www.ravimohanmishra.com/2014/0… Updated reference June 2021 Pink Pencil Math did a video on TikTok which has over 18 million views. Definitely watch it! https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living… https://www.tiktok.com/@pinkpencilmat…

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The Shape No One Thought was Possible

The shape that has its own world record but that no one thought could exist. Try Brilliant for yourself at https://brilliant.org/tibees SURFER program: https://imaginary.org/program/surfer Barth Sextic 3D printed sculpture: https://imaginary.org/hands-on/four-m… The Golden Ratio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_…%5B…%5D

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Theoretical physicist Chiara Marletto: ‘The universal constructor could revolutionise civilisation’

The best physics arguments are very philosophical’: Chiara Marletto. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer The scientist on why studying elementary particles is only one way of explaining phenomena, how the 3D printer could change the world, and her optimism about women … Continue reading

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All Tube Stations Have Fifteen Floors

A mention in the Tufnell Park video that I made last week caused some confusion … how could 110 steps be the equivalent to a 15 storey building? Ah! Yes, so I went out to explain a running gag that … Continue reading

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Easy fraction trick you should know

This fraction trick is so easy – but you probably don’t know it…because, let’s face it, you were stuffing around and not paying attention in school! It’s OK – blame your teacher I guess! That’s OK – youtube and tecmath … Continue reading

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Hidden Math in Alice in Wonderland

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The Future Of Reasoning

This video was created in partnership with Bill Gates and was inspired by his new book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.” Find out more here: https://gatesnot.es/3t1u93B​ LINKS TO LEARN MORE: my twitter: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce​ my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electricpants​ The extended mind … Continue reading

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I Made A Water Computer And It Actually Works

[…]Computers add numbers together using logic gates built out of transistors. But they don’t have to be! They can be built out of greedy cup siphons instead! I used specially designed siphones to works as XOR and AND gates and … Continue reading

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