Mathematics is for eggheads

This guy made his way across my front yard a few moments ago, arranged himself in geometric patterns across the sidewalk, then down the driveway and across the street.

Today’s Style Invitational asked for hybrid animals: Emu x quail = email: a fast-flying bird that propagates rapidly, is monitored obsessively by humans, and often carries a virus. (Allan Moore, Washington)  [more...]

So much strife, so much pain, and so much death in the world… but take a look at the other side of life. Like this adorable baby panda cub — it’s a boy — who seems to be defying the odds at the  [more...]