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An old tadpole, new Pythagorean Theorem proof and how fruit may have affected evolution

All right. It's time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined by the show's dynamic duo, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hey, ladies. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: ...
Science Daily

Streamlining The 'Pythagorean Theorem Of Baseball'

Is your local Major League Baseball team better than its record suggests? Math researchers are considering alternatives to the Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball, devised by baseball statistician Bill ...
Inverse

How Stonehenge Architects Used Pythagoras' Theorem for the Mysterious Structure

There are few prehistoric monuments still standing that have catalyzed as much intrigue as Stonehenge. The Neolithic and Bronze Age structure may have been built as early as 3000 BC, and yet ...
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2 US teens solve impossible 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem with trigonometry

Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson from Louisiana blew the math community away when they presented a solution to the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, an impossible feat for 2,000 years. They ...
New York Post

Stonehenge may have used Pythagorean theorem before it was discovered

The famous ancient site at Stonehenge may have been built using Greek philosopher Pythagoras’ famous theorem two millennia before the mathematical equation was developed, experts say. A new book ...
Yahoo

2 high schoolers say they've found a proof for the Pythagorean theorem which mathematicians thought was impossible

Two US high schoolers believe they have cracked a mathematical mystery left unproven for centuries. Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson looked at the Pythagorean theorem, foundational to trigonometry.