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March 27, 2019 btwuser 0

Uhlenbeck Wins World’s Greatest Math Prize Known as the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics,” the Abel Prize is the world’s most prestigious award in this field. […]

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June 21, 2018 btwuser 0

Can Bees Do Math? Have you ever wondered if animals can count? What about insects? If that sounds like a crazy idea, you’ll be surprised […]

A city in Missouri that is submerged underwater.

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September 6, 2017 btwuser 0

Hurricane Harvey: Recovery Efforts Begin More than a week after Hurricane Harvey first made landfall in Texas, many areas are still heavily flooded. Some south […]

This was one of three images, (PHIL# 9135 - 9137), depicting an attempt by a toy manufacturer to produce a toy character which displayed characteristics that emulated those of a mobility-challenged person who was a wheelchair user. This disabled character was portrayed in the manner that echoed the style of the rest of their toy line. In doing so, the manufacturer tried to, in a sense, mainstream the knowledge of what is faced by the disabled in the real world through play, and therefore, was as educational, as it was entertaining to the childhood end user demographic group. PHIL image 9137, showed Ron Mace looking through a door in the playhouse. © Center for Universal Design/CDC. MHE World.

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February 4, 2016 btwuser 0

Standoff in Oregon Ends Last month, btw brought you news of the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon by a group protesting […]

Cheerful Indian Teenager Boy Student with Mathematics Problems. ©Vikram Raghuvanshi /iStockphoto.com. MHE Canada;MHE USA

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February 1, 2016 btwuser 0

Jonas Hits East Coast Fourteen states around the country got more than a foot of snow this month, with at least six states on the […]

Head-and-shoulders view of a mixed-race girl counting on her fingers and writing in a notebook in class. ©JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images LLC. MHE World.

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November 6, 2015 btwuser 0

Robotic Cars Face Experimental Ethics A couple of years ago, btw brought you a story about driverless cars. Spearheaded by Google X, the experimental division […]

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March 19, 2015 btwuser 0

Celebrating Pi (With Pie!) Do you like math? Do you like baked goods? If so, you hopefully celebrated both on International Pi Day on March […]