Grand Unified Math Finally?

from New Scientist Theorem of everything: The secret that links numbers and shapes For millennia mathematicians have struggled to unify arithmetic and geometry. Now one young genius could have brought them in sight of the ultimate prize By Gilead Amit IF JOEY was...

from the New York Times No Sweatpants in Public: Inside the Rule Books for N.F.L. Cheerleaders By Ken Belson Photographs by Associated Press and Getty Images Cheerleaders for the Carolina Panthers, known as the TopCats, must arrive at the stadium on game days at least...

Friedkin Returns

from The Guardian William Friedkin: ‘You don’t know a damn thing, and neither do I’ By Charles Bramesco The Exorcist director returns to his demonic roots with a new documentary, but he’s not interested in discussing your skepticism A video clip featuring...

4 ’68 Radicals

from The LA Times Four radical and radically original pieces of music that blew up the modernist status quo in 1968 By MARK SWED On a cold Berkeley morning early in December 1968, I cut class and joined a queue on Telegraph Avenue, waiting for Discount Records to...