Why Filmmakers Keep Returning to Casinos as a Storytelling Device

Few settings in cinema are as instantly evocative as a casino. With their controlled chaos, visual symmetry, and built-in tension, The post Why Filmmakers Keep Returning to Casinos as a Storytelling ...
New Scientist

Why we all need a little festive pedantry when it comes to snowflakes

Mathematician Katie Steckles explains just why the proliferation of snowflake decorations this time of year is deeply ...

How chirality goes from the molecular level to the cellular one

RIKEN researchers have discovered how right-handed molecules in our cells can give rise to cells that are not symmetrical ...

Q&A: The science of snowflakes—how hexagonal symmetry and environmental changes create endless designs

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...
The Washington Post

An investor called $140,000 the new poverty line. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.

The U.S. poverty line, the number that the Department of Health and Human Services says is necessary to keep a family out of poverty, is $32,150 for a family of four. Green says it should be more than ...