Math News Blog

Everyone wants to go, to where they want go, fast right? That’s why people walk a straight line in lieu of zigzags. A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it isn't necessarily the fastest path to follow. That's true when terrain is not level, and now researchers have created a mathematical model showing that a zigzag line provides the easiest way for people to go up or down slopes. So the next time you want to go to a place fast, think twice before walking a straight line!

Math News blog

A math problem which has overcome mathematicians for almost 140 years has been solved. It was solved by a researcher at Imperial College. Darren Crowdy, has made the discovery in an area of math called conformal mapping. Conformal Mapping is a theoretical tool used by mathematicians and scientists to translate info from a confusing shape to easier circular shape so that it can be easily studied. Now that this extremely hard math problem has successfully been solved mathematicians can stop worrying.

current event blog

When you think of The Grand Canyon you think of a huge dry waterless gap in the earth, am i right? Well not anymore, on Wednesday a whopping 300,000 gallons of water per second was released into the Grand Canyon from Lake Powell. At this rate, that would be enough water to fill the entire empire state building in as little as 20 minutes! This is going on for three days in hope to restore plant and aquatic animal life in the Grand Canyon and restore beaches. Although the water will only rise a few feet after the process, researchers are hoping that will help restore sand bars in the Colorado river downstream of the dam. Over all, flooding the canyon will increase wildlife, restore beaches and possibly help endangered species reproduce more offspring.