Imagine yourself sitting at your computer, reading the news as you normally would on a Monday night.  As you pass the sports section, your eyes graze across a headline that states that your idol has committed suicide.  How would you react?  You would undoubtedly feel sadness and possibly, anger.  Despite the negative feelings, however, you [...]

Sports professionals are often faced with a significant amount of strategy.  For example, in the National Football League, a contest between two teams is essentially a chess match between two coaches.  The strategy encompasses play-calling, substitutions, game plan, and much more.  The coaches may be exhibiting the minimax strategy of game theory to best improve [...]

Around the world, the threat of a dying planet has spurred the development of many new “green” technologies.  From the production of biogas to the abundance of solar, wind, and water renewable energy, innnovators from all around the world have shifted their focus to the development of technologies capable of reducing the carbon footprint of [...]