In the dim glow of an oil lamp on a winter evening in 1843, a 27-year-old woman paused …
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Science Unmasked
A Secret Mathematical Rule Has Shaped the Beaks of Birds and Other Dinosaurs for 200 Million Years
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesBird beaks come in almost every shape and size — from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to …
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Science Unmasked
The Butterfly Effect: This Obscure Mathematical Concept Has Become an Everyday Idea, but Do We Have It All Wrong?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn 1972, the U.S. meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked a now-famous question: Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings …