Math & Romance: Calculating Dating Age Range
According to the “half-your-age-plus-seven” rule, it’s considered socially acceptable to date anyone that is as young as half your age plus seven years. To simplify this, here’s the equation...
The Fibonacci Spiral in Nature
The Fibonacci spiral, or Golden spiral, comes directly from the Fibonacci sequence, a pattern of numbers popularized (but not discovered (1)) by Italian mathematician, Leonardo Fibonacci. The Fibonacci sequence...
Enter to Win $25 Amazon Gift Card + “The Disappearing Spoon” by Sam Kean
I’ve never done a giveaway before, but I LOVE Sam Kean’s “The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic...
Funny Dinosaur Pictures
So I’ve been collecting funny pictures of dinosaurs. I figured I’m not the only person who thinks dinosaurs are awesome and that it would be selfish if I didn’t...
How many valence electrons does radon (Rn) have?
Radon is a noble gas with 8 valence electrons – an octet. An octet is the “ideal” number of valence electrons. This means that Radon doesn’t react* with other...