For World Tessellation Day, Remember to Look Down
June 17 is World Tessellation Day. Take a moment to look at the beautiful patterns under your feet
Roots of Unity
Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Poincaré Homology Sphere
If it quacks like a sphere…
That Time Marie Curie Was Just Trying to Get the Electricity Running
Repeat Nobel Winners, they’re just like us!
Review: Through the Shadowlands
Julie Rehmeyer’s new memoir is a moving portrait of a person living expansively in the face of setbacks and limitations
What Does Compactness Really Mean?
It took me a long time to understand the mysterious mathematical property of compactness
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Douady Rabbit
Come for the fractals. Stay for the bunny puns
Math under My Feet
I took a walk and tripped—almost literally—over a beautiful octagonal tiling
Wrong in Public: the Paris Streets Edition
Rue Sophie Germain is not the only Paris street named for a mathématicienne
Thank You, Sophie, and I'm Sorry
I wish we got to read a different story about Sophie Germain
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Pseudosphere
A natural habitat for hyperbolic geometry
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Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
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Explore the science behind the dog in your bed
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Not bad science
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More than wires - exploring the connections between energy, environment, and our lives
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Roots of Unity
Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
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Rosetta Stones
Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.
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The Artful Amoeba
A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
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Voices
Exploring and celebrating diversity in science.
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