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Aug 07

Why mental illness can’t predict mass shootings

By Nsikan Akpan

More than 90 percent of violent crimes — including shootings — would likely still occur even if every suspect with a mental health condition was stopped before they carried out an attack.

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Jul 17

Analysis: Why the 2020 census doesn’t need a citizenship question to count the undocumented

By Jennifer Van Hook, The Conversation

Counting 11 million undocumented immigrants is easier than you might think.

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Jul 12

Is CBD legal? Here’s what you need to know, according to science

By Nsikan Akpan, Jamie Leventhal

If you buy or sell CBD, you could be breaking the law. These science lessons can explain why.

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Mar 18

Why everyone should stand still on an escalator

By Lesley Strawderman, The Conversation

The best way to ride an escalator isn't what you'd expect, but it's 27 percent more efficient.

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Mar 14

Deep dish or New York style? How pi can solve your pizza order

By Nsikan Akpan, Julia Griffin, Jamie Leventhal

Math can solve your eternal questions of ordering pizza and explain why folding your pizza is always the strongest move.

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Feb 06

How to teach a honeybee to do math

By Vicky Stein

Despite their “miniature brains,” honeybees can harness both long-term rules and short-term memory in order to solve math problems.

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Jan 17

How the shutdown might end, according to game theory

By Nsikan Akpan

We can find some clues to how the shutdown might end in game theory, which uses math to map out how players and their strategies evolve in the real world.

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Nov 16

The new definition of the kilogram will change the way we weigh everything

By Vicky Stein

On Friday, representatives from 57 nations will gather in a conference room in Versailles, France to redefine the kilogram. In other words: the way we weigh the world is about to change.

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Nov 12

Why ‘mega wildfires’ are happening in November

By Nsikan Akpan

What everyone needs to know about why these fires are spreading so quickly so late in the year, and how to protect your homes and businesses from them.

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Oct 19

How winning Mega Millions could lead to bankruptcy

By Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation

Looking at lottery winners approximately 10 years after winning showed they saved just 16 cents of every dollar won.

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