Autumn Babies more likely to reach 100

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22054-autumn-babies-more-likely-to-hit-100.html

Last Mortgage Payment = 62,000 Pennies

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

NOVA - Hunting the Hidden Dimension

Nova makes some awesome shows.

Here is a great one from last week or so about fractals:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fractals/program.html

You can make your own fractals as well!

Make your own: http://www.fractaldomains.com/download.html (There are others as well, just Google it.)

Loudness destroying quality of music recording?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-10360787-47.html

http://youtu.be/TqQX3htzhSY

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.

Why is time divided the way it is?

Scientific American: Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 minutes, yet there are only 24 hours in a day?

I've always been fascinated by timekeeping and calendars.  I hope you will find this article interesting!

Solve a Rubik' Cube in Fewest Steps

26 steps from any starting point