Trigonometry Revisited

from PHYS.ORG Mathematical mystery of ancient Babylonian clay tablet solved UNSW Sydney scientists have discovered the purpose of a famous 3700-year old Babylonian clay tablet, revealing it is the world’s oldest and most accurate trigonometric table, possibly...

The What?

from KCET The 5, the 101, the 405: Why Southern Californians Love Saying ‘the’ Before Freeway Numbers by Nathan Masters This 1939 plan, developed by the city of Los Angeles, refers to its proposed freeways by name rather than number. Priority parkways are...

Creepy.

from The Telegraph ‘Inspirational’ robots to begin replacing teachers within 10 years by Henry Bodkin Robots will begin replacing teachers in the classroom within the next ten years as part of a revolution in one-to-one learning, a leading educationalist...