Uncategorized
- Math
Goldbach’s Prime Pairs
Like the elements in chemistry, prime numbers serve as building blocks in the mathematics of whole numbers. Evenly divisible only by themselves and one, primes are a rich source of speculative ideas that mathematicians often find simple to state but difficult to prove. The Goldbach conjecture is a prime example of such a conundrum. In […]
-
19229
The hominid dating puzzle is continually being pieced together due to interdisciplinary work between anthropologists and geologists. I would note, however, that radiation decays (not accumulates) at a known rate in buried minerals, per the radiation half-life law. Bruce M. RuckerBerkeley, Calif.
- Anthropology
Ancient people get dated Down Under
New dating analyses indicate that people reached southeastern Australia between 50,000 and 46,000 years ago and that two human skeletons previously unearthed there were buried about 40,000 years ago.
