IntroductionIn October, a Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper mission. The $5 billion mission...
IntroductionScatter three points in a plane, then measure the distances between every pair of them. In all likelihood, you’ll find three different distances. But...
IntroductionSolar eclipses were interpreted throughout much of history as bad news for the sovereign — an ominous sign for their personal health or that...
In 2023, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), an affiliated professional society member of CRA, commissioned a task force to craft a...
IntroductionBirds flock. Locusts swarm. Fish school. Within assemblies of organisms that seem as though they could get chaotic, order somehow emerges. The collective behaviors...
IntroductionIn Georgia’s 2020 gubernatorial election, some voters in Atlanta waited over 10 hours to cast a ballot. One reason for the long lines was...
IntroductionSay you’re at a party with nine other people and everyone shakes everyone else’s hand exactly once. How many handshakes take place?
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