Stories by vector_spaces

The disease that can be contracted by breathing California’s air

Even torn-up credit card applications aren't safe (2006)

I started working as an Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military at 16

How to identify and misidentify a brown recluse spider (2005)

A girl died in an electric bike crash. Her parents see greater danger

Cheerios Effect

A Simple but Nifty Inequality

Snow Goggles

What are these black and red bugs? (2017)

Wuhan: Feet Cleaning Fish

The Surprising Reason That There Are So Many Thai Restaurants in America

Lines in the Complex Plane

Google misdirects one in 10 searches for abortion to ‘pregnancy crisis centers’

Ops School Curriculum

It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore

Math and Motion: A Look at Chebyshev’s Works on Linkages

Dubious Ways to Compute the Zeros of a Polynomial

Powered Air-Purifying Respirator

Chebfun – Numerical Computing with Functions

Bernstein v. the U.S. Department of State (2014)

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