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A car-less math teacher commutes four hours. Surprise! Look what his students gave him

LOS ANGELES — Math teacher Julio Castro thought he was late to the party when he walked in near the end of a faculty-appreciation assembly at YULA Boys High School. He wished he could have dropped his name into the raffle box.

Los Angeles Times

Love of maths earns Alappuzha native Guinness World Records title

Vivek Raj memorised a 28-digit number in four seconds

The Hindu

Nicholas Goldberg: Shakespeare, mathematics and the monkey who called 911

Have you heard about the monkey who called 911?

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Michael Hiltzik: Would forgiving student debt drive up inflation? Only if you're using lousy math

With a deadline looming in less than two weeks for President Biden to decide what to do about student debt, it shouldn't be surprising that conservatives have been agitating with increasing intensity against relief for the borrowers.

Los Angeles Times

Aliens could move entire planets to send a math-based code to other civilizations

Planets could be stacked such that their orbits resonate in the Fibonacci sequence.

Inverse

'I didn't really learn anything': COVID grads face college

After the disruption of online learning, first-year college students are arriving arrive on U.S. campuses unprepared for the demands of college-level work, experts say

The Independent UK

Organizers hope weekend race of electric go-karts will power careers in math and science among young women

“I’ve definitely had guys tell me this is a boy’s thing and I really don’t need to say anything to them. I just prove them wrong,” said Isabel Loza, 17, a senior in high school and a member of the Green Galaxy racing team.

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Can Hollywood figure out Gen Z? This summer's movies are a major test

LOS ANGELES — Here's a Hollywood math problem for you: Feature filmmaking as we know it is well over 100 years old. Members of Generation Z, defined by Pew Research Center as those born between 1997 and 2012, are now between 10 and 25. How long will it take the…

Los Angeles Times

Sisters describe sex abuse at Raleigh school. Did headmaster aid and abet?

A 14-year-old student was in a building known as the pottery shack at the Montessori School of Raleigh’s middle school campus. Also in the room was Nick Smith, a beloved and gregarious math teacher who students nicknamed “Senior.”

Tribune News Service

Women are better at statistics than they think

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation

Jazz not interested in RJ Barrett

Jake Fischer: I've heard pretty consistently the Jazz don't really have much interest in trading for RJ Barrett and paying for him. Source: Apple Podcasts What's the buzz on Twitter? NBA Math @ NBA_Math NEW @HardwoodKnocks  KD (2:43)  Ranking ...

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Bernard Benedict James, aerospace engineer and Black WWII veteran, dies at 101

LOS ANGELES — Bernard Benedict James sat his young children down in the family living room decades ago in their La Mirada home, where he’d written a set of math equations on a blackboard.

Los Angeles Times

Give. Me. A. Break. with this week’s baseball quiz

Anyone who can do basic math knows we’re already past ‘first half’ of season, but here’s some before-the-break questions

Chicago Sun-Times

Review: 'A Divine Language,' by Alec Wilkinson

NONFICTION: On the cusp of old age, a literary journalist confronts his mathphobia in this beguiling memoir.

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Moms 4 Liberty: Warriors with big plans

At the Moms for Liberty summit, they gave Ron DeSantis a sword. That wasn't the strangest or scariest part by far

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis explains why Florida banned ‘woke’ math books

‘Two plus two equals four right? Not two plus two equals well, how do you feel about that’

Chicago Sun-Times

Ed Burke’s brother thinks he should retire rather than seek reelection — and some rivals predict indicted incumbent can’t win

Ald. Edward Burke’s brother hopes he retires. “The last election — under these very adverse circumstances, he pulled it off. He walked the streets at, what was he, 76 at the time?” said former state Rep. Dan Burke. “Do the math. Seventy-eight years old. Come on. When is enough enough?”

The Times of India

Happy Guru Purnima 2022: Images, Quotes, Wishes, Messages, Cards, Greetings, Pictures and GIFs

A festival celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists all over India, Nepal and Bhutan, Guru Purnima is the celebration of all the teachers in your life. Maybe this teacher is your school English teacher, or the spiritual one you met in an ashram, a math tuition teacher, or even a…

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Skills Day event in Mysuru to test coding, math skills of youth

As part of World Youth Skills Day 2022, students will get to participate in a series of competitions conducted in both offline and online mode from July 13 to 15

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The charming ‘70s love story behind that viral surfing teacher photo

California teacher Marc Degen had no idea his photo would spark a lifelong love story, let alone charm the internet.

The Times of India

Kolkata: Ramakrishna Mission, devotees celebrate Swami Atmasthananda’s 100th birth anniversary

KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi and CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday celebrated the centenary of a monk who joined Ramakrishna Math and Mission when he was 22, and remained a part of it for 76 years to become RKM’s 15th president. Modi recalled the time he spent with Swami Atmasthananda, and…

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California is missing an entire year of rainfall since mid-2019, new figures show

California’s water issues may be complicated. But the rainfall shortage driving the state’s current drought is basic math.

The Independent UK

Nikki Haley mocked after getting her numbers wrong in attack on Biden

Former governor is considered potential 2024 contender

Inverse

How to spot a liar using a classic mathematical trick

Opinion: Can mathematics distinguish lying from a genuine misunderstanding? A new model may offer a way.

The Texas Tribune

Texas STAAR results improve in math and reading after pandemic dips

There had been fear that after another school year of COVID-19 disruptions, scores would not improve.

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