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· Ryan General
New Study Proves That Asians are the Grandmasters of Math and Science
Five Asian countries dominated the young students’ global rankings for math and science, with Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Chinese Taipei, and Japan leading the rest of the world, a global study has revealed. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), an…
· Carl Samson
The ‘World’s Hottest Math Teacher’ is in Malaysia and People Are Freaking Out
A math teacher has driven the internet wild when her classroom video surfaced online. A photo posted by •Oksana Neveselaya• (@o_neveselaya) on Oct 4, 2016 at 9:01am PDT
· Ryan General
Woman Donates Most of Her Liver To Former Teacher Who Taught Her Math
A grateful student from Malaysia, who felt indebted to her former teacher’s kindness, gave the best gift one could ever give to someone: an extension of his life. Marie Christie Robert did not think twice on donating a part of her liver to her beloved teacher, 57-year-old Cheong…
· 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…
· Khier Casino
China Has a New Plan to Cut Off People’s Internet If There’s a Crisis
China has drafted a bill that would give police the power to disconnect people from the Internet in times of natural disasters, public health crises or social unrest, according to the Ministry of Public Security. “If necessary, police authorities at the county level and above…
· Ryan General
Witness Reveals Why Hot Chinese Rugby Player Was Assaulted By a White Supremacist
First account information on what actually happened the night British Chinese Imperial College student Sidney Chan and white racist student Stephen Kent engaged in an altercation has recently surfaced. Chan, who was reportedly provoked with racially charged language by Kent, was…
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How a Malaysian Man Survived on 67 Cents a Day to Become a Successful Businessman
SAYS Malaysia recently uploaded a video of Muhd Alatas who was living off of 3 Malaysian ringgit (67¢) a day before eventually starting his own business. The social news site sat the 34-year-old Alatas down for an interview to talk about his hardships, which started at a young…
· Khier Casino
Bollywood Star Mercilessly Trolled For Thinking ‘Animal Farm’ is About Caring For Animals
Shilpa Shetty Kundra has been ridiculed on Twitter for suggesting that schoolchildren should read George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” to learn to take care of animals. The 41-year-old Bollywood star, who thought the book was about animal welfare, uploaded a photo on Instagram, saying…
· Laura Dang
Photographer Brilliantly Captures What Happens When You Tell People They’re Beautiful
Professional photographer Mehmet Genç photographed women from various indigenous communities to see how they would react when told they are beautiful. Genç, a Turkish travel photographer, goes by the name of Rotasiz Seyyah which roughly translates to nomad without a route. He…
· Carl Samson
Student Becomes First in the World to Get 100% on the AP Physics Exam
An Asian-American student has become the very first to get a perfect score on the AP Physics exam. Sixteen-year-old Jason Xia, now a junior at Naperville North High School in Illinois, sat for the AP Physics 1 exam in May.
· Ryan General
White Chef Angers Southeast Asia For Ruining a Popular Singaporean Dish
A Canadian chef has joined the ranks of several foreign food “experts” who have earned the ire of Asians for meddling in and messing up ethnic specialties by imposing their authoritative take on the cuisines. Vice Network’s resident brash-talking chef Matty Matheson became…
· Carl Samson
Student Gets Trapped in an Elevator For 5 Hours – Does the Most Asian Thing Ever
A junior high student in China took the liberty of doing something most kids his age wouldn’t do while being trapped in an elevator for five hours — his homework. Thirteen-year-old Sun Yixiao was on his way home when he got stuck in an elevator in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.
· Ryan General
Thai Netizens Express Their Grief for King’s Death on Social Media
The passing of Thailand’s beloved king on Thursday night has left the entire country in grief. In mourning of King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s death, many Thai netizens turned their social media accounts black and expressed the pain of their loss via photos and messages. His Majesty,…
· Ryan General
Meet the Singaporean Student Who Opened the 2nd U.S. Presidential Debate
Before Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump began their verbal sparring in the testy second U.S. presidential debate on Sunday, Kenneth Sng, the Singaporean student union president at Washington University in St. Louis delivered a remarkable opening remark to represent the host…
· Laura Dang
Meet the Vietnamese Immigrants Who Created a Multi-Million Dollar Banh Mi Sandwich Empire
Lee’s Sandwiches, the multi-million dollar Vietnamese banh mi sandwich empire, began as a modest food truck run by a family that arrived in America with little to nothing. Chieu Le, the founder of Lee’s Sandwiches and the eldest of nine children, was in his second year of law…
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