And this year, the fifth of May is filled with mathematical joy. It is — Square Root Day! It all started in 1981. "I was writing a check in late August," says Ron Gordon, who originated bringing ...

Square root days happen only a few times in a century, and the man who brought the day fame is celebrating his sixth one. Be square and get to the root of it! Celebrate Square Root Day today!

Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an ... and this makes their shells spiral clockwise. (Very rare mutations can produce “left-handed” mollusks, whose shells spiral ...

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Today is Cinco de Mayo. And this year, the fifth of May is filled with mathematical joy. It is — Square Root Day! It all started in 1981. "I was writing a check in late August," says Ron Gordon, who ...