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Month: September 2024

conflict management
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Taming the Tantrum Tornado: Conflict Resolution Skills for Parents

September 28, 2024 Community Partners

If you’ve ever dealt with a full-blown meltdown over a misplaced toy or a disagreement about bedtime, you know conflict resolution is a parenting superpower. But here’s the secret: those same skills that diffuse sibling […]

Math

A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation

September 26, 2024 Phys Org

The theory of indirect reciprocity holds that people who earn a good reputation by helping others are more likely to be rewarded by third parties, but widespread cooperation depends on agreement about reputations.This article was […]

Math

Why do large electorates tend towards evenly split results?

September 23, 2024 Phys Org

Election polls often tighten up remarkably as the election date draws near. “Leave” (the European Union) won the UK election of May 2016 with a majority of 51.9%, but earlier the polls weren’t nearly as […]

Fun Riddles For Kids
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Easy and Fun Riddles for Kids with Answers | Guess puzzle

September 23, 2024 Community Partners

Looking for a way to entertain and challenge young minds? Here’s a collection of fun riddles for kids with answers that are easy to solve and perfect for family or classroom activities! Riddles For Kids With […]

Math

Researchers develop precise pricing formula for perpetual American strangle options

September 16, 2024 Phys Org

Perpetual American strangle options (PASOs) offer investors a method for minimizing risk during highly volatile market scenarios by allowing them to buy or sell options at any date without an expiration date. In a new […]

Math

Two-way mathematical ‘dictionary’ could connect quantum physics with number theory

September 12, 2024 Phys Org

Several fields of mathematics have developed in total isolation, using their own “undecipherable” coded languages. In a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Tamás Hausel, professor of mathematics at the […]

Math

Soft cells: Rounded tile shapes echo those found in nature

September 10, 2024 Phys Org

Tiles that fill two- and three-dimensional spaces with no gaps—including triangles, squares, hexagons, cubes, and other polyhedra—are typically designed with sharp corners and flat faces (straight edges).This article was originally published on this website.

Math

Mathematical modeling explores the statistical mysteries of successfully scheduling a meeting

September 9, 2024 Phys Org

In a world where organizing a simple meeting can feel like herding cats, new research from Case Western Reserve University reveals just how challenging finding a suitable meeting time becomes as the number of participants […]

Math

Mathematicians model a puzzling breakdown in cooperative behavior

September 3, 2024 Phys Org

Darwin was puzzled by cooperation in nature—it ran directly against natural selection and the notion of survival of the fittest. But over the past decades, evolutionary mathematicians have used game theory to better understand why […]

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