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· Ryan General
The U.S. Wins International Math Olympiad For the Second Year in a Row
The world’s brightest high school minds in Mathematics recently competed in Hong Kong with Americans again successfully demolishing its stereotype of being much worse than others at numbers. For the second year in a row, a United States high school team has emerged as the top…
· Editorial Staff
The Best Age to Get Married is 26, According to Mathematics
Mathematics has determined the magic number for marriage to be 26. The optimal age to settle down and commit to a life partner is 26. Journalist Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths, coauthors of “Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions,”…
· Editorial Staff
Watch Korean Students Take the American SAT Math Section For the First Time
In a new video by Sofla, a number of Korean students were asked how good they were at math. The subjects ranged from those who claimed they were really good at math to those who were not.
· Editorial Staff
Economics Professor Gets Profiled as a Terrorist for Doing Math on a Flight
An economics professor was temporarily removed from his flight after a fellow passenger thought he was a terrorist because of his math scribblings. Guido Menzio, a renowned University of Pennsylvania economics professor, was aboard an American Airlines flight from Philadelphia…
· Editorial Staff
A Chinese Mathematician Reveals How to Beat Anyone at Rock-Paper-Scissors
Rock-paper-scissors has been around for thousands of years. The seemingly simple hand game proves useful in randomly selecting a winning and losing player using very basic rules: rock smashes scissors, scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock. However, the game is not as simple as…
· Laura Dang
A Mathematician Has the Perfect Explanation For Why Traffic Jams Happen
Sitting in traffic is the worst way to spend Labor Day weekend. What’s even more frustrating is realizing there was no reason for a traffic jam in the first place. Why does traffic happen where there seems to be no accidents and no construction work interfering with the flow of…
· Ryan General
Genius French Artist Paints Over Graffiti To Make Them Readable
When we see graffiti, it’s safe to say most of us don’t even know what it’s trying to say. To give everyone a better vision of graffiti, French artist Mathieu Tremblin went out to the streets of France and made them legible via a project he called “Tag Clouds.”
· Ryan General
This Chinese Migrant Worker Just Became the ‘Good Will Hunting’ of China
A Chinese mailman, who had no previous math training, has discovered a simplified process to solve complex mathematical problems, reminiscent of what Matt Damon’s character did in the classic flick “Good Will Hunting”. Yu Jianchun, a 33-year-old migrant worker who doesn’t have a…
· Editorial Staff
Why Vietnamese Students Tend to Get Surprisingly High Test Scores
Vietnam’s students are outperforming peers from developing countries in global standardized tests. Despite its low-income status, Southeast Asia manages to have scores that rivals the world’s best performers in education — like Finland, for example. How students perform on tests…
· Ryan General
Here’s How an Upset Elon Musk Responded to Fortune’s Scathing Tesla Article
When a Tesla Autopilot test drive ended up in a fatal crash that killed 40-year-old driver Josh Brown in May, Tesla didn’t immediately disclose the news and waited almost two months before letting the public know of the tragedy. This questionable delay of the news’ disclosure…
· Editorial Staff
Asian Americans Flood Twitter To Explain What #BeingAsian is REALLY Like
Asian-American netizens got together when #BeingAsian broke out in Twitter on Tuesday. The conversation, started by 17-year-old Michael Tarui, asked “what it’s like #BeingAsian and the racism that comes with it.” I'm in a group chat and we've decided we should start a…
· Editorial Staff
How Two Chinese Immigrants Built a Billion-Dollar Fast-Food Empire More Successful Than In-N-Out
Panda Express, the beloved fast-casual dining restaurant, was founded by Chinese immigrants who believe treating their employees right is the key to building their now billion dollar empire. The Chinese-American fast food chain made $2 billion in sales in 2015 — three times that…
· Editorial Staff
Tiger Mom Amy Chua Makes Her Daughters Sign a Legal Contract to Live in Her NYC Apartment
The “Tiger Mother” is back at it again with her parenting advice and this time it involves a “totally valid and legally enforceable” contract. Amy Chua, a Yale University law professor, became famous for her controversial parenting tactics after she published them all in a…
· Editorial Staff
He Was Raised By Poor Chinese Immigrants, Now He’s One of Hollywood’s Star Directors
At just 36 years old, director Jon M. Chu already has quite the resume. He’s helmed films like “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” which went on to become the highest grossing concert film of all time, and “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” His latest film, “Now You See Me 2,” features an…
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Meet the Two Swedish Bikers that Found the Woman Assaulted by the Stanford Rapist
Two Swedish graduate students, Carl-Fredrik Arndt and Peter Jonsson, were biking through the Stanford University campus one night in January 2015 when they came across Brock Turner and his victim. The two friends had a gut feeling that something was wrong when they saw Turner, a…
· Editorial Staff
Man Who Hustled Airbnb For a $250,000 Salary Reveals How to Dominate a Job Interview
As an engineer, Haseeb Qureshi hustled Airbnb’s starting-pay package from $120,000 to $250,000. Qureshi, a former professional poker player with an English degree, recently wrote a blog post sharing his tips on how to navigate the work space and land job interviews.
· Laura Dang
Fake Leather Store in Thailand Pulls the Most Shocking Anti-Animal Cruelty Stunt Yet
A creative new anti-animal cruelty campaign has a shocking way of getting their message across. It would have been a day like any other for shoppers at the CentralWorld mall, but a pop-up store called The Leather Works had a horrific surprise for their consumers. Men and women…
· Editorial Staff
Thousands of Tourists Have Already Trashed Shanghai’s Disneyland a Month Before Opening
Shanghai’s Disneyland doesn’t open for at least another month, but their opening of the metro station in May has received some unsurprising results from Chinese tourists. Chinese social media platform Weibo has now been flooded with pictures of the devastating aftermath left by…
· Editorial Staff
Hawaii Will Pay You Up to $60,000 to Live and Work in Paradise
The Hawaii Department of Education recently announced that it is looking for hundreds of teachers to fill up vacancies in its schools in the upcoming school year. The tropical island state needs about 1,600 new educators and has been aggressively recruiting teachers who are…
· Laura Dang
How Ivy League Students Haggle with Their Schools For More Financial Aid Money
Although many college and post-college students don’t know it, they may be able to negotiate their financial aid. According to CNN Money, one university student successfully increased his financial aid package from zero to over $49,000 in grants and scholarships.
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