Researchers from Brazil's Universidade Estadual de Campinas used a computer simulation to confirm paleontologist Stephen J. Gould's prediction that it is evolutionarily advantageous for cicadas to emerge at intervals lasting a prime number of years.

The book A History of Merton College, by G. H. Martin and J. R. L. Highfield, was published by Oxford University Press in 1997. I have had a copy for some time but, to my shame, have only just read it. Roger Highfield was a … Continue reading →

Di recente, dopo decine di variazioni, che andavano dalla cottura classica con aglio e pomodoro appresa da mia madre a quella in stile indiano appresa dalla mia amica/ex-collega anglo-indiana, ho trovato questo compromesso che pare dare buoni risultati. Ed è adatto anche per gli amici vegani.Ingredienti: (per 4 persone)250 g di lenticchie, 1 cipolla medio-piccola, 1/2 spicchi d'aglio, un pezzetto di radice di zenzero, un cucchiaino di polvere di coriandolo, peperoncino a piacere, 400 g di […]

Patient M: It’s impossible —- no one could urinate into that bottle -— at least no woman could. I’m furious with her [these are the patient's emphases] and I’m damned if I am going to do it unless she gives me another kind of bottle. It’s just impossible to use that little thing. Analyst: It […]

1337 = 7 x 191.1337 is a number with exactly two palindromic prime factors and no other prime factors (A046368).1337 is the smallest number m such that reversal of m1000 is prime.1337 is a multiple of 7 such that its digit sum (1 + 3 + 3 + 7 = 14) is divisible by 7 (A216994).1337 is the product of two distinct primes a and b such that a + b is the average of a twin prime pair (A176875): 7 + 191 = 198 = (197 + 199)/2.1337 is the average of three successive primes, each squared (A075893).1337 is […]