Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience
It's Pi () Day 2019, and across the world, math teachers, students, and number fanatics are no doubt celebrating with colorful circles and delicious pie. Any day in which science and mathematics are acknowledged is worthwhile, but it's also worth mentioning that itself is "wrong."
Chelsea Gohd, Sci Am
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed shortly after takeoff this week, killing all 157 people onboard and triggering a storm in the aviation industry. The aircraft was a Boeing 737 Max 8the same type involved when Lion Air Flight 610 plummeted into the sea off Indonesia just five months earlier.
BEIJING (AP) — China’s premier has said Beijing “will not do that” when asked whether Chinese companies are told to spy on foreign countries. Premier Li Keqiang, speaking at a news conference, said Friday that…
Emily Conover, SciNews
The ticktock of two ultraprecise clocks has proven Einstein right, once again.A pair of atomic clocks made of single ions of ytterbium kept pace with one another over six months, scientists report March 13 in Nature.
The anticipation grew with each possession, like a Home Run Derby crowd, gleefully waiting for the next pitch of a barrage. When Myles Powell touched the ball, every eye in Madison Square Garden followed. The 3s fell from deep, from the wing, from wherever he chose to defy logic, Georgetown’s defense and the opposing coaches...
NEW YORK — Myles Powell scored 29 points in the first half to set a Big East Tournament record and finished with 31 to lead Seton Hall a 73-57 victory against Georgetown in the quarterfinals Thursday night. The third-seeded Pirates (19-12) will face No. 2 seed Marquette in the second game of the semifinal doubleheader
ESPN FC's Raf Honigstein explains how Bayern's downward trend since the departure of Pep Guardiola came to a head in their defeat to Liverpool. Germany coach Joachim Low has said the country's academies are falling behind other European nations in producing modern footballers. Low made the comments after the Germany squad for this month's friendly and European Championship qualifier matches, which included three uncapped players, was announced. Referring to the Bundesliga's problems in Europe this... Читать дальше...
ACC TOURNAMENT BRACKET - Duke, North Carolina and Virginia now know their fate for the upcoming tournament ahead of March Madness.
The track is now out.
ISIS killed two militiamen.
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The high-flying creator of the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange received a suspended jail sentence of 2½ years after a Japanese court Friday found him guilty ...
Facebook turned to its rival social media company Twitter to explain that its group of hugely popular apps were having difficulties.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Myles Powell scored 29 points in the first half to set a Big East Tournament record and finished with 31 to lead Seton Hall a 73-57 victory against Georgetown in the quarterfinals Thursday night.
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Mar 14 – Lauren Sulz is studying the impact of youth being cut from school sport teams. She believes students have more to gain from being on the team than being cut.
The 11-track project will include appearances by André 3000, Nate Dogg, Brandy, and more.
Dr Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe, the senator-elect for Kwara Central, has declared that he will perform far better than Senate President Bukola Saraki in the ninth Senate.
Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty by John M. Barry
If anyone wants to know what makes the United States unique, part of the answer can be found in this book. At its center is a wholly remarkable, extraordinary, awe-inspiring individual who was light years ahead of his time. Roger Williams founded Rhode Island (then Providence Plantation) in 1636 and it became the world's first model of both full religious tolerance as well as individual rights... Читать дальше...
Reprinted From The Times of Israel.
What if….?
What if a Jewish newspaper received demands from its subscribers to fire a contributing writer because the public felt that this writer’s values and ideals differed radically from many others in the mainstream Jewish community?
What if the complainants felt that this writer’s viewpoint was antithetical to Jewish values, too radical, too far “Left”, too politically “progressive” and therefore, this writer should not be given a public forum to air his views? Читать дальше...
The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand strongly condemns the acts of violence that have taken place in Christchurch over the past few hours. We are devastated by the news that our fellow citizens can be attacked in a place of worship and peace. Our thoughts ...
The currency in the four sessions to Thursday has appreciated by 80 paise or 0.8 per cent on hopes of forex inflows.
As it has become ubiquitous in cockpits, automation-related accidents have come to make up a significant proportion of all air disasters
For more than six decades, the Federal Aviation Administration has relied on employees of airplane manufacturers to do government-required safety inspections as planes are being designed or assembled. But critics say the system, dubbed the…