From rockets to cancer research, here’s how the number pi is embedded in our lives

Every year, math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day on March 14, a date whose digits represent the first ...

You Can Approximate Pi by Dropping Needles on the Floor

In this simulation, 66 of the 100 needles crossed a line (you can count ’em). Using this number, we get a value of pi at 3.0303—which is not 3.14—but it's not terrible for just 100 needles. With ...
Air Force Times

Facing death 275 feet beneath the sea, this pioneering naval diver earned the Medal of Honor

On March 25, however, the Navy was reminded that one didn’t need a war to be imperiled by the sea, as F-4 sank with Lt.
Harvard Business Review

Kaiser Permanente’s Innovation on the Front Lines

Chris McCarthy shows up for an early-morning interview wearing raspberry-colored scrubs. Later he’ll head to one of Kaiser Permanente’s Bay Area hospitals to watch nurses at work. McCarthy, a KP ...
NPR

Planet Money

Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the ...