Numberphile revived an ancient multiplication trick—halves and doubles—also called Egyptian or Russian math, where you repeatedly halve one number and double the other. After crossing out rows with ...
19 is only 1 away from 20, so you prefer to start by multiplying 20 times 5, which equals 100. Then we need to take away a squadron of 5, because there are actually only 19 squadrons, not 20. 100 take ...
Background Stroke remains a significant global health challenge, especially in low- and middle-income countries, despite ...
We're generating more solar and wind power than ever before, but somewhere between where it's made and where it's needed, the energy system can't keep up. From Spain's blackout to bottlenecks across ...
3 Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN, USA Correspondence to Kimberly G Harmon, Departments of Family Medicine and Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, 4060 East Stevens ...