Strange Enough

Have you ever wondered how they figure out what day Easter will be on each year? Easter is one of what are called "movable feasts"; the dates on which they are celebrated change from year to year. Christmas always falls ...

The President of France, François Hollande, is considering outlawing homework (yes, French presidents get to do that). Hollande's reasons for abolishing homework have less to do with helping improve France's educational system than with making it more fair. Children from affluent ...

Today is Albert Einstein's birthday. Is it not cool that he was born on 3-14, Pi day? Of course, in Europe, where he was born, the date would be written 14-3, so not quite Pi. Oh well. In celebration of ...

Next time your parents ask the classic "if all your friends jumped off a bridge . . . " be prepared with this logical response from the Web comic xkcd: Bridge     To see the larger, more legible XKCD comic, click here.

Is reality independent of consciousness? Does reality change depending on the tools we use to examine it? Take a look at this cool animation of the classic double-slit experiment and see what you think. This video, from the New Scientist Web site, shows what ...

On December 15 a new museum will open in New York. Don't expect to see giant dinosaur skeletons or oil paintings. This is a museum of mathematics. The aim is to make math fun. This museum will be a hands-on kind ...

KenKen is a cool puzzle that is becoming very popular. If you like games involving math and logic, you'll probably love KenKen. If don't think you are much good at math, give KenKen a try anyway. You might find that ...