A Diary of Numbers

Now we go from the seriousness of Ebola to something a little more goofy. Today's question comes from Kaylee.  She writes, Since I ...

My last Reddit AMA was fun. I'm going to try to do another "Ask Me to Calculate Anything" next Tuesday, November 4. Tell...

Today's question comes from my buddy Karen at the University of Michigan: What are the odds of an individual being killed in an aut...

This one is for my buddy Carolyn and her wife Heather.  They ask, How much money would you have to have to be able to pull off swimmin...

In the words of the great Richard Pryor, "I ain't dead yet." If you've checked the blog over the past six months, thi...

Today's special guest is San Jose Repertory Theatre's artistic director, Rick Lombardo.  A prolific regional and off-Broad...

To celebrate the start of a new school year, we have a question from a very special guest. In addition to being  Rhode Island's 2008 t...