http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Fri, 24 May 2013 18:32:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/new-worlds-largest-prime-number-discovered-all-17-million-digits-of-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/new-worlds-largest-prime-number-discovered-all-17-million-digits-of-it/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:18:22 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=347125 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/new-worlds-largest-prime-number-discovered-all-17-million-digits-of-it/feed/ 0 Missouri professor Dr. Curtis Cooper has discovered a new world’s largest prime number and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/the-tyrrany-of-the-mad-minute/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/the-tyrrany-of-the-mad-minute/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:47:01 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=335039 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/the-tyrrany-of-the-mad-minute/feed/ 0 Why is illiteracy considered a legitimate deficit, while innumeracy is seen as a punchline condition? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/04/tarnished-silver-assessing-the-new-king-of-stats/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/04/tarnished-silver-assessing-the-new-king-of-stats/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:19:18 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=311092 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/04/tarnished-silver-assessing-the-new-king-of-stats/feed/ 0 Nate Silver's attackers don't know what they're talking about. (Nor do his defenders) http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/30/xs-of-evil-americas-algebra-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/30/xs-of-evil-americas-algebra-crisis/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:17:48 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=278312 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/30/xs-of-evil-americas-algebra-crisis/feed/ 0 Colby Cosh on why math stirs passions, raises fears, fuels debate http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/how-many-journalists-can-you-fit-into-one-square-metre/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/how-many-journalists-can-you-fit-into-one-square-metre/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:12:28 +0000 Claire Ward http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201806 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/how-many-journalists-can-you-fit-into-one-square-metre/feed/ 2 The answer is nine. Barely. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/28/statistical-sour-grapes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/28/statistical-sour-grapes/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:57:04 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165029 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/28/statistical-sour-grapes/feed/ 68 So the rich are getting richer. What does it mean for the rest of us? Not much. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/19/dont-mind-me-im-on-a-math-bender/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/19/dont-mind-me-im-on-a-math-bender/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:11:56 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=121106 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/19/dont-mind-me-im-on-a-math-bender/feed/ 19 As the paid-up holder of a Mainstream Media club card, can I warn the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/02/olympic-aftermath-the-man-with-the-%e2%80%98golden-arm%e2%80%99-and-did-tea-partiers-scald-david-frum/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/02/olympic-aftermath-the-man-with-the-%e2%80%98golden-arm%e2%80%99-and-did-tea-partiers-scald-david-frum/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:00:59 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=118397 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/02/olympic-aftermath-the-man-with-the-%e2%80%98golden-arm%e2%80%99-and-did-tea-partiers-scald-david-frum/feed/ 24 Newsmakers