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A classic matchstick puzzle: The Solution.
The Puzzle;
This morning I asked you to make a shape with 12 matches that enclosed an area of exactly 4 squares.
The square contains an area of 9. the cross contians 5. Can you contain exactly 4 squares using all 9 matches.
The hint...
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A few week’s ago, NerdNews explored the encouraging results former Australian of the Year Georgina Long had posted from using an mRNA vaccine, intismeran, in conjunction with the immunotherapy drug Keytruda.
The ini...
A classic (and nasty) matchstick puzzle.
The greatest maths puzzler of the 20th century, Martin Gardner, first posed this beauty in the pages of Scientific American, November 1957.
The answer is not obvious, but if you’ve got a few spare minutes this morning before work, perhaps...
Time’s up for the leap second.
Time’s up for the leap second.
Timekeepers meeting in Versailles have voted to stop adding leap seconds to the world’s clocks from May 2027. Official time and the spinning Earth will now be allowed to drift apart by up to an hour, and...
About bloody (incredibly precise) time.
It’s about time!
I love a good watch as much as the next man.
I’ve got a cracking Seiko, given to me by one of my best mates for my 50th birthday, that I wear whenever I want to look impressive.
I’ve got a Garmin Fenix 6, capable of co...
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