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From its origins to its significance, almost every popular notion about the famous Fibonacci sequence is wrong.

THE family of a decorated bodybuilder who died after suffering a heart attack have donated a defibrillator to the gym where he worked out.

The program that questions everything...except your intelligence.

The academic incentive structure leads fields astray.

A MOBILE blood clinic is set to exclusively visit a Barrow gym to provide information and advice to fitness enthusiasts. E-Val Bloodwork Analysis will be at Ironwerx Gym in the town in May, marking its first time in Furness. People can book blood tests to provide results on areas such as hormone levels and liver function. Dave Crosland, who runs E-Val with wife Shashana, and his team will present the results in a digestible format and offer general advice or suggest people seek further ...

The first numbers that come to mind when thinking about Tim Burton’s  Alice in Wonderland might be how much money the movie is raking in at the box office. But numbers also appear to be woven in among the talking rabbits and smoking caterpillars of the original stories. Author Lewis Carroll was also a math teacher in Oxford, England, and mathematicians say the  Alice books are full of algebraic lessons — such as why a raven is like a writing desk. That’s the riddle the Mad Hatter asks...

Ironwerx Gym in Barrow saw 222 members come through the door as it reopened on Monday. Owner Keith Devlin was delighted to beat the previous record of 212. He said: “It was an unbelievable day really. It just shows that people have got confidence in the gym, myself and the booking system I have put in place. “12 new members walked in on Monday and they told me that they liked what I was doing to keep them safe because people are still quite nervous about coronavirus spreading.”

Myrtle called it The article that launched a thousand posts…, and counting comments on thisandseveralotherblogs, that may not be too much of an exaggeration. Yet the discussion feels incomplete — I have not been able to put into words all that I want to say. Thus, at the risk of once again revealing my mathematical ignorance, I am going to try another response to Keith Devlin’s multiplicationarticles. Let me state up front that I speak as a teacher, not as a mathematician. I am not qualif...

A GYM owner is calling on the government to open up gyms within the next month.

Leading influencers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields rarely attract the spotlight. AcademicInfluence.com illuminates their achievements, celebrating these remarkable people and their important discoveries. "The technology that will shape our immediate future is emerging from the minds and laboratories of these amazing people," says Dr. Jed Macosko, academic director of AcademicInfluence.com and Wake Forest University physics professor. "These top mathematicians, en...