What Is Pi, and How Did It Originate? | Scientific American
WEBMay 17, 1999 · The Sciences. Succinctly, pi—which is written as the Greek letter for p, or π—is the ratio of the circumference of any circle to the diameter of that circle. Regardless of the circle's size ...
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Flat Earthers: What They Believe and Why | Scientific American
WEBMar 27, 2020 · Flat Earthers: What They Believe and Why. Michael Marshall, project director of the Good Thinking Society in the U.K., talks about flat earth belief and its relationship to conspiracy theories and ...
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Your Brain on Porn and Other Sexual Images - Scientific American
WEBAug 19, 2015 · Here are the details on 3 studies that examined the brain on porn and other sexualized images.>. Study #1: Your Brain On Porn. In May 2014, a study in the prestigious journal JAMA Psychiatry was ...
How Was Avogadro's Number Determined? | Scientific American
WEBFeb 16, 2004 · If you divide the charge on a mole of electrons by the charge on a single electron you obtain a value of Avogadro’s number of 6.02214154 x 10. particles per mole. Another approach to determining ...
10 Solutions for Climate Change | Scientific American
WEBNov 26, 2007 · Forego Fossil Fuels —The first challenge is eliminating the burning of coal, oil and, eventually, natural gas. This is perhaps the most daunting challenge as denizens of richer nations literally ...
Why is the earth's core so hot? And how do scientists measure its ...
WEBOct 6, 1997 · EARTH. There are three main sources of heat in the deep earth: (1) heat from when the planet formed and accreted, which has not yet been lost; (2) frictional heating, caused by denser core ...
Strange but True: Earth Is Not Round | Scientific American
WEBApr 12, 2007 · Isaac Newton first proposed that Earth was not perfectly round. Instead, he suggested it was an oblate spheroid—a sphere that is squashed at its poles and swollen at the equator. He was correct ...
The Real Reasons Autism Rates Are Up in the U.S.
WEBMar 3, 2017 · The latest estimate of autism prevalence—1 in 68—is up 30 percent from the 1 in 88 rate reported in 2008, and more than double the 1 in 150 rate in 2000. In fact, the trend has been steeply ...
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