Fantastic Data Displays!

http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/2012/09/information-is-beautiful-awards-winners/

Can you make a Julia Set that looks like a Cat?

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/09/26/fractal-kitties-illustrate-the-endless-possibilities-for-julia-sets/

Gender bias?

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/unofficial-prognosis/2012/09/23/study-shows-gender-bias-in-science-is-real-heres-why-it-matters/

I'll admit it - I did notice and was distracted by the misleading graph!

Convention Speech Word Choice Graph

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/06/us/politics/convention-word-counts.html?smid=fb-share

Interactive display on word choice in convention speeches

Nice Tessellation - angry bull and bear

http://www.moillusions.com/2012/09/spot-the-opportunity-illusion-poster.html

ABC conjecture proved?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=proof-claimed-for-deep-connection-between-prime-numbers

Unit Cancellation

http://what-if.xkcd.com/11/

Gas mileage units, units in general, estimation, assumptions in word problems, etc.

Math Reporting Fail?

http://www.patrickkphillips.com/2012/09/09/math-fail-same-retiree-magically-changes-ages-twice-in-same-story/

An opportunity to talk about underlying assumptions to word problems in a math class.  How old is she likely to be, and why do you think so?

MetaAnalysis - Stats thoughts to consider

http://livingmaxwell.com/stanfords-report-on-organic-food-should-serve-as-a-serious-wake-up-call

 A possible article for discussion when considering experimental design and pros and cons of meta-research or research mining.

Drake Equation

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120821-how-many-alien-worlds-exist

An interactive Drake Equation manipulator to estimate how many civilizations are out there.....

And a TedED video on the Drake Equation:

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/calculating-the-odds-of-intelligent-alien-life

Infographic: Why We Die

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=longevity-why-we-die-global-life-expectancy

Interesting chart showing mortality causes and life expectancy over time in U.S. and globally.

Microwave oven key-use

http://xkcd.com/1103/

Then there are those of us who 'optimize' button-pressing by cooking things for times like 3 minutes and 33 seconds....