Hallowe’en is just around the corner, but there’s still time to plan out your ideal trick-or-treating route! Check out this great 2017 blog post by Malgosia Ip on how a mathematical approach to your Hallowe’en route can maximize your candy-gathering potential and minimize sore feet! By Malgosia Ip, Mathematics & Statistics editor In just over […]
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The Chinese Postman and the Trick-or-Treater
Malgosia Ip, Mathematics & Statistics editor In just over four weeks, your neighbourhood might be overrun by zombies. No, it’s not the end of the world. It’s Halloween: the one day of the year when it’s OK for your kids to wander the streets in search of a sugar high. But you’re not just any […]
Bugging out over Halloween
by Raymond Nakamura & Lisa Willemse Multimedia subject editors Raymond: Now that the masquerade known as the federal election is over, we can get ready for the important things, like Halloween. My 11-year-old has decided to go as a carrot, which I don’t get at all. I told her she should at least say she’s […]
Science Bloggers See the Science in Everything
by Kimberly Moynahan Science in Society editor “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” – Abraham Maslow Science oriented people — scientists, science communicators, and just plain enthusiasts – have a tendency to see the science in everything. A puddle of water becomes a microbiologist’s zoo. The twinkle of stars […]