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2026-03-18 @ 17.07.25 ∈ In English

Bell-bottoms today, miniskirts tomorrow: Math reveals fashion's 20-year cycle

Over the past century, skirt lengths have repeatedly shortened and [lengthened every two decades. But starting] in the 1980s, the data show a wider range of skirt lengths appearing at the same time, suggesting that fashion trends are becoming more fragmented.

2025-09-22 @ 19.11.37 ∈ In English

Volcanic Eruptions in One Hemisphere Linked to Floods in the Opposite One - Eos

The research team used previous simulations of Earth’s climate system to obtain precipitation and temperature data for 5 years after three highly explosive eruptions: Guatemala’s Santa María in 1902, Indonesia’s Mount Agung in 1963, and the Philippines’ Mount Pinatubo in 1991.

2024-02-28 @ 15.52.47 ∈ In English

Pythagoras was wrong: There are no universal musical harmonies, study finds

Their study, published in Nature Communications, shows that in normal listening contexts, we do not actually prefer chords to be perfectly in these mathematical ratios.

2021-09-22 @ 13.19.36 ∈ In English

Mathematical Analysis of Fruit Fly Wings Hints at Evolution’s Limits | Quanta Magazine

The scientists saw a narrow range of possible appearances for the wings, which mostly diverged in a small set of characteristics. The variation was concentrated near the hinge of the wing and showed up in a few particular spots, such as the shape of the frontmost vein. Moreover, these variable traits were linked: When one of the traits on a wing was far from the average, the other traits usually were, too.