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FINALLY, A GOOD PLAY ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE | More Intelligent Life
Yes, these plays have the thrill of a disaster story, a race against the clock. But the real appeal comes from the passionate and often comically exasperating exchanges that take place when one character tries to explain to another what’s going on. There’s a large and often hilarious gulf between the science and the politics,…
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Slashdot | New Pattern Found In Prime Numbers
Slashdot | New Pattern Found In Prime Numbers. You just don’t see news about the Prime Numbers everyday. The new pattern is a generalization of Benford’s Law. When accountants look for fraud, let’s say as they might have as part of the recent “Stress Test” that banks were given, they are guided by Benford’s Law,…
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Newfoundland is hot these days. Who knew?
Newfoundland is hot these days. Now we are seeing people with American animal rights groups, Canadian conservative think-tanks and Ottawa political strategists all claiming a Newfoundland heritage as a tag in their bio in hopes of gaining some Water Street cred on the national media circuit. via Watch out for the Professional Newfie – Nova…
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You think Darwin, I think of my Ma
20 years ago, scientists hiking on an island known as Isabela spotted an iguana that was pink. What they didn’t know was whether this pink lizard was a genetic mutation or a whole new species. via Galapagos Surprise Again With Pink Iguana : NPR. You probably find this item mildly interesting or irritating if you…
Barbara K Iverson 