It's true. You can even send a LOLcat/pi-punning e-card. That is, If you want to show what a colossal dorkasaurus you are.
The BBC has a fun article chock full of fun pi facts (e.g., today's also Einstein's birthday) and history (the current record for digits-computed is 1.24 trillion).
Y'all know what time it is! Today is the 199th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, and hundreds of organizations will celebrate the date "in honor of the discoveries and life of the man who famously described biological evolution via natural selection." I'm so excited, I totally forgot all about that other guy's birthday yesterday — what's his name? Ah, it's not important; I gotta get me a fake beard for my theme party.
The Albany, N.Y.-based Institute for Humanist Studies helped sponsor hundreds of events in cities across the world to mark the occasion, so you'll be able to party down with fellow Darwinistas from Dhaka to Berkeley. To be fair, the events feature more picnics and guest lectures than out-and-out boozefests, but any celebration that can free us from the tyranny of this guy is OK by me.
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Sibling Conflict Around the Holidays
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Christmas. Kwanzaa. Hannukah. The holiday pressure is on, but this season, you can boost your cool-factor with Giftology. What's Giftology? It's a scientifically proven method to cut through all that religious ceremony and cultural hoo-dee-hoo to go directly toward what the holiday spirit really means: getting all sorts of sweet loot.
But we here at 60 Second Science realize you might be new to Giftology, which is why everyday from now until oh, say, the arbitrary date of Dec. 25th, we'll present a new item for your ultimate Giftology gift guide. Items range from unattainable tech awesomeness (personal hovercrafts, for instance) to nerdy tchotchkes with only a tenuous connection to the world of science (brain jello molds, anyone?). The point is, you'll have every gift idea you could possibly need for the particle physicist, amateur evo-devo enthusiast, nerd, geek or violent criminal genius in your family.
Today's entry: Uranium Ore!
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