Tag: surprisingly
The End of the Universe May Arrive Surprisingly Soon
The Universe May End Sooner Than Scientists Had Expected A new study suggests the universe’s end could occur much sooner than previously thought. But don’t worry, that ultimate cosmic conclusion would still be in the unimaginably distant future By Sharmila Kuthunur & SPACE.com An illustration of the remnants of an ancient, dead planetary system orbiting…
Inside Dannielynn Birkhead’s Surprisingly Normal World
Seventeen years after Anna Nicole Smith’s death, her beloved daughter Dannielynn Birkhead—who just turned 18— is incredibly well adjusted, says dad Larry Birkhead: “She’s a good kid.” Perhaps it’s fitting that Dannielynn Birkhead loves rollercoasters when you consider the tedious climbs and sharp descents that marked her first year of life. There was the untimely passing of half-brother Daniel Smith, who overdosed…
Crows Are Surprisingly Good at Geometry
Crows Are Good at Geometry. Don’t Look So Surprised Crows can tell the shapes of stars from those of moons and symmetrical quadrilaterals from unsymmetrical ones, new results show By Gayoung Lee edited by Allison Parshall Carrion Crow (Corvus corone). Crows sometimes have a bad rap: they’re said to be loud and disruptive, and myths…
The Surprisingly Difficult Mathematical Proof That Anime Fans Helped Solve
How Anime Fans Stumbled upon a Mathematical Proof When a fan of a cult anime series wanted to watch its episodes in every possible order, they asked a question that had perplexed combinatorial mathematicians for years By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas Fans of a classic anime series sought to work out how long…