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Computational Models Study Fear
Researchers at the University of Missouri are using mathematical models in an interesting way to study the body’s reaction to fear. Guoshi Li said he hopes that his research can contribute to new drugs that can help PTSD victims. He said, “Treatment for PTSD patients depends on which connection stores the fear extinction memory and […]
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Data Scientist
Data scientist/analytics consultant: Data science deals with analyzing extremely large amounts of data. Think of all the data being created on the internet. In 2011, it was estimated that the Library of Congress had collected about 235 terabytes of data. A few years later, Google estimated that the internet holds about 5,000,000 terabytes of data—20,000 […]
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Math in Photography
How does Math relate to beauty, art, and fashion? Jessica Wynne, a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York explored the beauty of math in her most recent project. She took creative photos of chalkboards that were labeled “Do Not Erase.” The results prove that beauty can be found in the most […]