Pride Month Stats: Facts speak louder than fear

Pride Month Stats: Facts speak louder than fear

It’s Flash­card Fri­days at Math! Sci­ence! His­to­ry!, the pod­cast where num­bers aren’t just facts, they’re frame­works for under­stand­ing our world. It is June, and we are kick­ing off Pride Month.  So let’s get our rain­bow flags and cel­e­brate our loved ones who are part of the LGBTQ com­mu­ni­ty. Though it is offi­cial­ly rec­og­nized in June in the Unit­ed States and

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A Measure for all People, For All Time: The Story of the Metric System

A Measure for all People, For All Time: The Story of the Metric System

The French Rev­o­lu­tion and the Birth of a Uni­ver­sal Mea­sure It’s 1789 in Paris. The French Rev­o­lu­tion is in full swing, heads are rolling (lit­er­al­ly), ideas of lib­er­ty and rea­son are elec­tri­fy­ing the air, and noth­ing is off-lim­its for reform. Amid this upheaval, one very prac­ti­cal prob­lem stood out: weights and mea­sures. Every region and every trade in France seemed

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