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What's the Count? Anything and Everythingnew

Numbers, numbers, numbers. Major-league baseball swims in them, and 21st-century technology makes it all too easy to raise the numerical sea level. The latest milestone got us wondering which stats are really worth the obsession.
Shepherd Express  |  Frank Clines and Art Kumbalek  |  06-12-2009  |  Sports

Enter the Allospherenew

Colorful and scientific, the $10-million machine at University of California-Santa Barbara gives glimpses into brain activity and atomic relationships, with much more promised for the future.
Santa Barbara Independent  |  D.J. Palladino  |  11-10-2008  |  Education

Why is Boulder Chamber Orchestra Filled with Scientists?new

Over 30 percent of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra have backgrounds in the hard sciences. What's up with that?
Boulder Weekly  |  Dylan Otto Krider  |  10-23-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Professor Donald Saari Talks About Election Mathnew

According to Saari, the most nefarious form of voter disenfranchisement is the very system we use to make our choices: plurality voting. He recently discussed the ideas in his book, Chaotic Elections! A Mathematician Looks at Voting, and proposed what he says is a better system.
INDY Week  |  Fiona Morgan  |  10-16-2008  |  Politics

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