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"If pi is infinite, how come we can use it in math problems?" asked a student in Gregg Thompson's sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee. Say your prized marble ...

Needles falling on paper will calculate pi, everyone’s favourite mathematical constant, on the day that bears its name. Pi day is 14 March, or 3.14 as Americans might write it. The constant – the ...

When scientists spot an asteroid whose trajectory might take it close to Earth, they monitor it frequently and calculate the probability that it might collide with our planet.

I have been studying planetary defense, particularly being part of past, ongoing, and future small body missions. I was part of the NASA/DART mission. I am currently part of the NASA/Lucy mission and ...