"I'm Bad at Math" is a myth!

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/10/the-myth-of-im-bad-at-math/280914/

http://www.upworthy.com/for-all-the-artsy-people-secretly-wondering-about-how-math-works?c=ufb1

Scientific Literacy Needed

http://news.yahoo.com/neanderthal-cloning-chatter-highlights-scientific-illiteracy-051317850.html

As if the latest political cycle wasn't enough warning....

The Math Modeling and Data Mining of Pollsters is the Big Election Winner

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/2012-poll-accuracy-obama-models-survey_n_2087117.html

Intuitive Logarithmic Counting

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-thomas/whats-halfway-between-1-and-9-kids-and-scientists-say-3_b_1982920.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Denver

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.

Does Math Talent Make You Smarter than Other Talents?

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2012/08/30/are-assessments-of-scientific-intelligence-biased-toward-mathematically-oriented-fields/

Do people who are good at math get more credit for their smarts than people with other types of genius?

Discalculia - what's going on in the brain?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120829103516.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

Grains of Sand

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-many-grains-sand-on-earths-beaches

How many grains of sand are on the world's beaches?

Happy Numbers

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/08/27/why-167-is-a-happy-numberbesides-being-scientific-americans-age/

What are happy numbers?

Does How Much You Make Change Proportional Spending in Your Budget?

http://www.prosebeforehos.com/article-of-the-day/08/21/how-america-spends/

Pi-Hundred People live in U.S.

http://www.krdo.com/news/Pi-hundred-million-people-live-in-U-S/-/417220/16134822/-/dy10tc/-/index.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Is it Math or Maths?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/08/14/maths/

What If? - Could we really all leave the planet?

http://what-if.xkcd.com/7/

If an asteroid is headed to earth, could we all get off, assuming we had somewhere to go?

Can Math Determine if and when History will Repeat Itself?

http://www.nature.com/news/human-cycles-history-as-science-1.11078

Why Olympic Feats Raise Suspicion

http://www.nature.com/news/why-great-olympic-feats-raise-suspicions-1.11109

A Mole of Moles

http://what-if.xkcd.com/4/

Last Mortgage Payment = 62,000 Pennies

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/08/massachusetts-man-pays-off-mortage-with-800-pounds-of-pennies/

Wobbly Table Math

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-turning&ref=sciam

It's a problem as old as civilization: the wobbly table. You may have thought your only recourse against this scourge is a hastily folded cocktail napkin stuffed under the offending leg. If so, take heart, because mathematicians have recently proved a more elegant solution. Just rotate the table.

When Can You Reuse This Year's Calendar?

Let us first assume that you are only interested in which dates fall
on which days of the week; you are not interested in the dates for
Easter and other irregular holidays.

Let us further confine ourselves to the years 1901-2099.

With these restrictions, the answer is as follows:

- If year X is a leap year, you can reuse its calendar in year X+28.

- If year X is the first year after a leap year, you can reuse its
calendar in years X+6, X+17, and X+28.

- If year X is the second year after a leap year, you can reuse its
calendar in years X+11, X+17, and X+28.

- If year X is the third year after a leap year, you can reuse its
calendar in years X+11, X+22, and X+28.

Note that the expression X+28 occurs in all four items above. So you
can always reuse your calendar every 28 years.

But if you also want your calendar's indication of Easter and other
Christian holidays to be correct, the rules are far too complex to be
put to a simple formula. Sometimes calendars can be reused after just
six years. For example, the calendars for the years 1981 and 1987 are
identical, even when it comes to the date for Easter. But sometimes a
very long time can pass before a calendar can be reused; if you happen
to have a calendar from 1940, you won't be able to reuse it until the
year 5280!

Source and for more info:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/calendars/faq/part1/