Impossible? Not for Them! Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, two high school students from New Orleans, astonished mathematicians by proving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry. Many mathematicians thought a trigonometric proof of this foundational theorem of geometry was not possible without using circular reasoning. Jackson and Johnson, however, created one. The Pythagorean theorem, a cornerstone… Continue reading A Trigonometry Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem?
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Unseen Conflict:
How Bacterial Battles Paved the Way for CRISPR Gene Editing In the microscopic world, a relentless battle has been raging for millennia, one that has inadvertently given rise to one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of our time: CRISPR gene editing technology. This discovery, stemming from the age-old war between bacteria and viruses, reshaped… Continue reading Unseen Conflict: