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Teens come up with answer to problem that stumped math world for centuries
A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.CBS News - Top stories -
An Old Abstract Field of Math Is Unlocking the Deep Complexity of Spacecraft Orbits
Mathematicians think abstract tools from a field called symplectic geometry might help with planning missions to far-off moons and planets.Wired - Tech -
Teens surprise math world with Pythagorean Theorem trigonometry proof | 60 Minutes
A high school teacher didn’t expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.CBS News - Top stories -
How two high school students solved a 2,000-year-old math puzzle
Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson surprised the math world when, as seniors in high school, they produced innovative solutions to a 2,000-year-old puzzle.CBS News - Top stories -
The problem with polling America’s young voters
Difficulty in reaching the under-30s for surveys means not all data points are created equal — and can misleadFinancial Times - Business -
The inhumane criminalization of homelessness won’t solve the problem
Homelessness is a housing issue, pure and simple.The Hill - Politics -
NHS problems leave new doctors without jobs
The NHS needs more doctors so why have some medical students been left in limbo waiting for a job?BBC News - Top stories -
The not-so-secret cost of being superhuman: elite sport’s problem with disordered eating
Athletes are breaking their silence about their experience of eating disorders and disordered eating. Why is this happening in an arena celebrated as the epitome of health?. Elite sport has long been consumed with the idea of the superhuman. ...The Guardian - World