The origins of 444 - and what it means if you see it

At the heart of it all, the number 444 is believed by many to be a sign that your guardian angels are with you. It's thought ...
Gizmodo

A Brief History of Our Obsession With Prime Numbers—and Where the Hunt Goes Next

A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like tally marks, may have represented ...
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The origin of the mental number line may be biological, not cultural, according to a new study

A new study has found that a chick’s ability to mentally organize numbers along a line from left to right is not learned but is instead a direct result of brain specialization that occurs before ...
Athlon Sports

Saints Countdown To Kickoff With The History Of Number 96

With 96 days until the Saints start their regular season, here are all the players that have worn that number for New Orleans. Wearing the number 96 for the Saints this year is defensive end/edge ...
The Conversation

Prime numbers, the building blocks of mathematics, have fascinated for centuries − now technology is revolutionizing the search for them

Jeremiah Bartz owns shares in Nvidia. A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like ...
Dallas Morning News

Count on it: The history of the Social Security number

I have a granddaughter who is a junior in high school. Recently, she needed to write a report for her history class on any subject related to a federal government program. Because she knew that her ...
The New York Times

Ranking the most memorable jersey numbers in Oakland A’s history

I have a confession to make: I am not a numbers gal. Math was easily my least favorite subject in school, and the worst part of my job is (attempting) to fact-check the math of my writers when I ...