When it comes to data, the language used to explain is often as important as the numbers.

The U.S. is running out of Internet Protocol addresses.

That much is true. Sometime this summer, the U.S. group that assigns the behind-the-scenes codes that allow for moving data across the web will run out of addresses.

But this doesn’t mean the Internet has reached its limit. Read More »

Today’s number, $179.4 million, comes courtesy of the auction house Christie’s, which on Monday evening sold Picasso’s “Women of Algiers (Version O)” to an anonymous telephone bidder.

The price tops the $142.4 million paid two years ago for a Francis Bacon piece. Read More »

Every day this week will be the same forward and backward, if formatted as it is in the U.S. as 5/11/15 (i.e., 51115, 51215, etc).

But now that we’re moving past the rich stretch of favorable years that marked the early part of the century–like 2003, which gave us 01/02/03–posts like this should become fewer and farther between. Read More »

While at a Little League game this past week, a fellow parent shared the following math problem that nearly drove us nuts.

Take the numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, use any combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and arrive at an answer of 18.

Let us know if you get it. Read More »

Professional test-prep courses are time-consuming and expensive, but if they significantly boost a student’s SAT score, they might be worth it for those who can afford the coaching.

“You interpret 20 points differently depending on where you are starting from and where you are applying,” said on SAT prep-course expert. “If you apply to Harvard, maybe a 10 point increase is worth it.” Read More »