Here’s a game: Tell a friend to give you any number and you’ll return one that’s bigger. Just add ‘1’ to whatever number they come up with and you’re sure to win.
A civil engineer lays out the physics behind Dali’s crash into the Francis Scott Key Bridge pier.
What mathematicians call ‘disordered collections’ can help engineers explore real-world worst-case scenarios. The simple card game Set illustrates how to predict internet and electrical grid failures.
The average might come in handy for certain data analyses, but is any one person really ‘average’?
People young and old love the classic video game Tetris. A working knowledge of the spatial reasoning concepts underlying Tetris can set students up for success in mathematics.
Orbital resonance is kind of like musical harmony, but systems that display it are far more rare than songs with harmonic melodies.
Spreadsheet-related errors can have serious consequences in the private and public sector. But what can we do to overcome them?
Is it a STEM education or a STEAM education? Integrating arts into science programming and vice versa can pique kids’ curiosity − a play touring Michigan aims to do just that.
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