So you have a circle. What is the area of that circle? Surely everyone remembers that the area of a circle is: Where Pi (π) is of course the number and r is the radius of the circle. Where does this ...

For Mr. Santos, math can also inspire ideas about structures that have already been built — a new way to see and appreciate the world. Inspired by this idea, The New York Times created a virtual tour ...

Scientific American presents Math Dude by Quick & Dirty Tips. Scientific American and Quick & Dirty Tips are both Macmillan companies. Throughout history, circles have symbolized many things: unity, ...

Beth Py-Lieberman - Author, The Object at Hand: Intriguing and Inspiring Stories from the Smithsonian Collections Every year, the celebration of Pi Day (March 14 is 3.14) grows more ambitious. Math ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

As the name implies, building structures if half the fun in Minecraft. Despite this simple truth, there are certain aspects of building that can be extremely challenging for inexperienced players, and ...

I'm kind of confused by your question. Do you want a circle with a circumference of 1px or a circle with a 1px border?<BR><BR>The former sounds difficult, but for the latter, you can use the ...

The ‘Witchcraft in Woods Mystery’ was the title of the eye-catching expose with the story also involving pagans, feathers, ...

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Everyone loves treasure. I know people who travel all over Pensacola to collect virtual treasure for their mobile phone game apps. I also know people who geocache, where they go to locations using ...

In the mid-20th century, we began launching satellites into space that would help us determine the exact circumference of the Earth: 40,030 km. But over 2000 years earlier, a man in Ancient Greece ...

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