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Science News
September 28, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Stepping Beyond Fibonacci Numbers Trying variants of a simple mathematical rule that yields interesting results can lead to additional discoveries and curiosities.   |
Science News
April 6, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
The EKG Sequence Sequences of numbers have long fascinated both amateur and professional mathematicians. Here's a recently discovered example that has prompted some serious mathematical investigation... |
Science News
May 17, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Sequence Puzzles Neil A.J. Sloane of AT&T Shannon Labs in Florham Park, N.J., has been collecting number sequences ever since he was a graduate student at Cornell University in the 1960s. |
Science News
September 24, 2005 |
Math Music An interactive Web site, developed at Eastern Washington University, provides variety of tools for composing music based on mathematical recipes that convert sequences of numbers -- such as pi, or Fibonacci numbers -- into sounds. |
Science News
May 5, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
The Mathematical Lives of Plants Scientists are figuring out why plants grow in spiral patterns that incorporate the 'golden angle'. |
Science News
March 12, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Fibonacci's Other Numbers Generalized Fibonacci arrays have attractive properties and could provide a wealth of further activities for exploration... Puzzle of the Week... |
Science News
November 4, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Designer Decimals Fractions can yield amazingly familiar decimal expansions. |
Science News
August 31, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Golden Blossoms, Pi Flowers Fibonacci numbers (and the golden ratio) come up surprisingly often in nature, from the number of petals in various flowers to the number of scales along a spiral row in a pine cone. How do these numbers and the golden ratio arise? |
Science News
May 28, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Mean Median Surprise Mathematicians found, using three numbers, each M&m (mean and median) sequence they found would stabilize, eventually reaching a constant value. |
Science News
May 1, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Counting on Fibonacci Fibonacci numbers have all sorts of amazing properties and links to many different kinds of mathematics |
| Garden Gate |
Flower Shapes Here's a list of flowers and their shapes to help you mix and match and create your own combinations. |
Science News
June 9, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Mobius Accordion Artist Susan Happersett of Jersey City, N.J., has come up with a novel twist on the venerable Mobius strip: a playful, eye-catching creation she describes as a Mobius accordion... |
Science News
October 19, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
A Fibonacci Fountain Lake Fibonacci is a recently created reservoir at the Maryland Science and Technology Center, bordered by Curie Drive and Science Drive. The lake's remarkable centerpiece is a massive, yet elegant mathematical fountain that spurts water as high as 36 feet into the air. |
National Gardening
Barbara Pleasant |
Marvelous Mums Plant these hardy fall-bloomers now or in spring |
Science News
February 3, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Fibonacci's Chinese Calendar The curious coincidence of the Fibonacci cycle and the Chinese calendar cycle allowed Seok Sagong of Middletown, Conn., to establish a one-to-one correspondence between the sequence of final digits of Fibonacci numbers and the names of years in the Chinese calendar... |
National Gardening
Diane Bilderback |
All About Dahlias These easy-to-grow plants produce prolific flowers in the summer and the fall. |
National Gardening
June 2000
Victoria Matthews |
Tropical Visions Given the right conditions, these flamboyant vines can grow almost anywhere |
National Gardening
Eve Pranis |
Flower/Pollinator Investigations As students actively explore blooms indoors and out, consider how to help them grasp the concept that every aspect of flowers is vital to their mission: to spread pollen and produce seeds. |
National Gardening
Becky Heath |
Wildflower Tulips Wild tulips are less formal and more resilient than larger hybrids. And wild tulips like 'Apricot Jewel' come back year after year. |
National Gardening
Karen Dardick |
Shrub Roses Many kinds of shrub roses have been introduced in recent years, especially the ground covers, such as "Cliffs of Dover," "Flower Carpet" and "Jeepers Creepers." |
National Gardening
June 2000
Charlie Nardozzi |
Delightful Delphiniums New forms of these classic garden flower are more heat tolerant |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2013
Craig L. Israelsen |
Does the Sequence of Market Returns Matter? The markets have good years and bad years, but the impact on a client s investments depends on the timing. |
National Gardening
Holly Shimizu |
Coneflower This tough and cold-hardy perennial also has health benefits... |
Reactive Reports
Apr/May 2005
David Bradley |
At Last, the Structure of DNA Researchers have made a significant advance in our understanding of life's main molecule, using X-ray crystallography to determine the three-dimensional structures of nearly all the possible sequences of a macromolecule. |
Chemistry World
July 13, 2011
Hayley Birch |
Naked mole-rat genome holds clue to beating cancer The recently published draft sequence of the naked mole-rat genome promises to reveal the secrets of its long and remarkably cancer-free existence, potentially providing new targets for anti-cancer drugs. |
Chemistry World
April 10, 2015
Geri Kitley |
Fish and flowers inspire diving goggle material Researchers in China have taken inspiration from fish scales and skeleton flowers to make a transparent underwater surface that stays clean by repelling oil. |
