Yes, roots are everywhere in Mathematics too. Below is a diagram to illustrate 3 x 3 = 9 (or “three squared = nine) or 32 = 9 The opposite of squaring is finding the “square root” or √ For the diagram below √9 = 3 Square roots are used throughout Mathematics and have applications in probability, […]
“The Wonder Years” actress Danica McKellar left acting to pursue a mathematics career and now she’s explaining why. McKellar’s young son Draco recently interviewed his mom for ET, asking her, “You were about my age when you acted in ‘The Wonder Years.’ What do you remember most about those years?” McKellar said it was hard […]
The A380 super jumbo has many supporters around the world, but none quite as vocal and powerful as Sir Tim Clark (seen below, in the A380 lounge bar)), the president of Emirates, by far the largest operator of the aircraft. The Dubai-based airline purchased nearly half of all A380s ever produced and now has 118 in […]
In just half a day, the Indian women’s chess team went from the near-certainty of a gold medal at the Chess Olympiad to the dismay of a bronze. They still made history – as the first-ever Indian women’s team to win a medal at an Olympiad. But for a brief while, even the bronze was in […]
Optical illusions can be fascinating – look closely at the centre of the frame above. Illusions like this reveal curious details about how our eyes and minds work, how we perceive colour and light, and they’re just fun to look at too. And it seems people have been intrigued by them for centuries because we’ve […]
Scientists have been left baffled after discovering the Earth is spinning faster than normal – making days shorter than usual. New measurements by the UK’s National Physical Laboratory show that the Earth is currently spinning faster than it was half a century ago. On June 29, the Earth’s full rotation took 1.59 milliseconds less than […]
