Why Toenails Turn Yellow
Have you ever seen the toenails of your grandfather and thought he might be a troll? Those yellow, misshapen and brittle nails tend to make small children cringe, and in response, he wears knee high black socks with sandals. Known as Onychomycosis, this unshapely blemish effects about 10% of the total population. 20% of people…
What Are Fractals, And Why Should I Care?
Fractal geometry is a field of math born in the 1970s and mainly developed by Benoit Mandelbrot. If you’ve already heard of fractals, you’ve probably seen the picture above. It’s called the Mandelbrot Set and is an example of a fractal shape. This article originally appeared on George Dallas’s blog, which you should absolutely go…