Author Archives: Andy Ewing
Energy Independence
Claire sent me a link to this older article earlier today about San Francisco’s attempt at converting dog poop into energy. From the article: Under the pilot plan, announced this week, Sunset Scavenger will place biodegradable bags and what are tastefully called dog-waste carts in a popular San Francisco dog park. The dog poo will [...]
The Future of Math Education?
The New York Times ran this article today about the relationship between humans’ intuitive approximate number system that is shared with many other animals and the concocted symbolic number system that we often regard as “math”. Unsurprisingly, the two seem to be related. From the article: “What’s interesting and surprising in our results is that [...]
I Feel Safer Knowing This…
The Washington State Troopers have been named the best dressed patrol in the nation, giving me such a warm and fuzzy feeling inside: The patrol, which has been wearing the peaked hats and distinctive bow ties for about 70 years, recently was named America’s “Best-Dressed State Law Enforcement Agency” by the National Association of Uniform [...]
Yet Another Economics and Poop Post