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The Zipf Mystery

The of and to. A in is I. That it, for you, was with on. As have … but be they. RELATED LINKS AND SOURCES BELOW! Tweets by tweetsauce http://www.instagram.com/electricpants WordCount.org http://www.wordcount.org/ How many days have you been alive? http://www.beatcanvas.com/daysalive.aspContinue reading

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What is the best way to lace your shoes? Dream proof.

Mathologer A blast from the past. A video about my fun quest to pin down the best ways of lacing mathematical shoes from almost 20 years ago. Lots of pretty and accessible math. Includes a proof that came to me … Continue reading

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A.I. Is Monitoring You Right Now and Here’s How It’s Using Your Data

There’s wisdom in crowds, and scientists are applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to better predict global crises and outbreaks.

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Wander Episode 1 – Richard E Grant at the V&A Museum – Part 1

CREATIVE JUICE BY RIBENA SUPPORTS WANDER: Episode 1 – Richard E Grant reads his favourite passage from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ at the Victoria & Albert Museum – Part 1 Walk through beautiful spaces accompanied by the world’s favourite voices. An … Continue reading

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Why Nature Loves Hexagons

From spirals to spots to fractals, nature is full of interesting patterns. Many of these patterns even resemble geometric shapes. One of the most common? Hexagons. Why do we see this six-sided shape occur so many times in nature? This … Continue reading

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The Golden Ratio Is BS (Kinda) | Answers With Joe

The Golden Ratio is a mathematical construct that has been observed all throughout nature, architecture, and art. And some think it’s a universal constant, and divine. But… is it? Or are we only seeing what we want to see?

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Flocking Behavior of Birds (Boids Algorithm) – Smarter Every Day 234

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION Read the website of the man that originally came up with the algorithm, Craig Reynolds http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/ Boids on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boids Experiment with the Boids Algorithm on Ben Eater’s website https://eater.net/boids ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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The Hidden Assumption Behind All Numbers

 

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Has physicist’s gravity theory solved ‘impossible’ dark energy riddle? – Guardian

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent   Prof Claudia de Rham’s ‘massive gravity’ theory could explain why universe expansion is accelerating.   Cosmologists don’t enter their profession to tackle the easy questions, but there is one paradox that has reached staggering proportions. … Continue reading

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1, 2, 3, 4 Stories About Math

From geometry to personal finance, there is one common denominator that links the stories in this reel—they are all about math.

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