The Para-Rigger

Americans can have math problems that go viral on Facebook, too!  

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A woman named Penny Hayes was a part of a yard sale group and she was attempting to sell some bottles of laundry detergent. She had a pretty good deal going too as she was selling small bottles for $0.35 each or in bulk for a total of 48 bottles for $12.

This is where things began to get complicated.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/helicopters-wont-just-fall-like-a-rock-if-the-engine-dies-they-usually-can-be-landed-safely-this-way/

http://nautil.us/issue/24/error/how-maths-most-famous-proof-nearly-broke

“Slim by Chocolate!” the headlines blared. A team of German researchers had found that people on a low-carb diet lost weight 10 percent faster if they ate a chocolate bar every day. It made the front page of Bild, Europe’s largest daily newspaper, just beneath their update about the Germanwings crash. From there, it ricocheted around the internet and beyond, making news in more than 20 countries and half a dozen languages. It was discussed on television news shows. It appeared in glossy print, most recently in the June issue of Shape magazine (“Why You Must Eat Chocolate Daily”, page 128). Not only does chocolate accelerate weight loss, the study found, but it leads to healthier cholesterol levels and overall increased well-being. The Bild story quotes the study’s lead author, Johannes Bohannon, Ph.D., research director of the Institute of Diet and Health: “The best part is you can buy chocolate everywhere.”

I am Johannes Bohannon, Ph.D. Well, actually my name is John, and I’m a journalist. I do have a Ph.D., but it’s in the molecular biology of bacteria, not humans. The Institute of Diet and Health? That’s nothing more than a website.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2484506,00.asp

http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/05/the-female-mathematician-who-changed-the-course-of-physics-but-couldnt-get-a-job/1/

If the Moon were at the same distance as the ISS

If the Moon were replaced by a Planet

http://www.popsci.com/watch-record-setting-hoverboard-flight?dom=tw&src=SOC