Today's Math Behind the News
A light-hearted and unique perspective on today's top news stories by math evangelist Larry Shiller
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September 10, 2007: Fakers
Sometimes it's good to be a faker, sometimes it's not
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September 7, 2007: For the love of popcorn
People keep improving on nature until they get sick from it
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September 6, 2007: A requiem for Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti died this morning at the age of 71
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September 5, 2007: The Big Dig for Higgs
A $10 billion project 300 feet below ground searches for the missing link in the Standard Model of physics
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September 4, 2007: Raising all that money for Muscular Dystrophy raises a burning question
How is it the IAFF raised 40% of the Telethon's money?
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September 3, 2007: Waving goodbye to the energy crisis?
An Oregon company is planning to use wave motion to make electricity
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August 31, 2007: Where there's a will...
People love their pets
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August 31, 2007: Where there's a will?
People love their pets
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August 30, 2007: Reducing civilian casualties in war
A new device being developed by the US Army may change how we look at war
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August 29, 2007: Smelly business
More parents are having their babies go diaper-free
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August 28, 2007: The obesity epidemic
Obesity is good for the GDP
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August 27, 2007: Hacking the iPhone
George Hotz frees the iPhone
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August 24, 2007: Say what?
English battles Mandarin for world language domination
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August 23, 2007: The smell test
Is a police officer's nose good enough for probable cause?
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August 22, 2007: Is fat catching?
New research indicates that a common virus may cause obesity
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August 21, 2007: Religious math
Those attending church regularly have more children
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August 20, 2007: Dean gains strength
Now a Category 4 hurricane, Dean is in rare company
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August 17, 2007: College rankings
Princeton ranks #1 among US colleges
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August 16, 2007: When the earth moves
Several big earthquakes struck in the last week
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August 15, 2007: Kudzu and you
A tree-killing plant may have just met its match: us
Today's Math Behind the News
