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- Math
Fibonacci’s Missing Flowers
The number of petals that a flower has isn't always a Fibonacci number. For more math, visit the MathTrek blog.
- Humans
The Influenza Epidemic of 1918
This eye-opening Web site from the National Archives and Records Administration features photos and documents related to the influenza epidemic of 1918, which killed more people than died in World War I. Go to: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/
- Humans
From the May 30, 1936, issue
A shaking mountain, a warm blood factory, and signaling with invisible heat rays.
- Physics
String Trio: Novel instrument strums like guitar, rings like bell
A new type of musical instrument, equipped with Y-shaped strings, may be the first of a family of string instruments with unusual overtones typically heard in bells or gongs.
