jmatonak asked, ( Can every even integer greater than two be written as the sum of exactly two prome numbers? )

Calculation Theme by Metric is a song that consistently makes me happy it exists, and I have no better definition of awesome ( Read more... )

brown_betty gave me this link, and in doing so totally made my evening.

Poll

Scientists in Canada have discovered the exact spots hockey goalies need to watch to successfully block shots.

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A couple of years ago I took a course on the use of statistics in psychology.* The following paragraph has stuck with me longer and *sharper* than almost anything I've read since.

Wainer (1999) tells a story from World War II that reminds us of the sometimes perverse aspects of selection bias. He describes an aircraft analyst who was ( Read more... )

I almost didn't actually click on the headline, because I didn't want to ruin it with *context*.

Rare Meteorite Found in Kansas Field.

In the next week or so, I fully expect to hear that the rock was stolen by a mad scientist in a giant robot suit.

( I got one wrong! How embarrassing. )

Quick House question, for those who watched this last one...

( Sort of vaguish spoilers beneath, but... )

Today is Earth Day, so this week's thing worthy of glee shall be thematically appropriate (as well as still not requiring a lengthy writeup, but I am sure that is simply coincidence). When I was much younger, I was given a stuffed globe as a present, and it is still absolutely awesome ( Read more... )

 
Goal State: Karen is in Residence with Coffee.

Path Transversed:


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