By D. Joeff Williams
I recently read a book about archery that made me think about how complex the apparently simple act of hitting a target is.
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By Joe Allbright, Yair Babad, Doyin Famodu, Carl Ghiselli, Roseanne Harris, Walter Marsh, Susan Mateja, Bode Olajumoke, Muyiwa Tegbe
Editor's note: This is the sixth in a series of articles from the Health Practice International Committee on ideas from foreign models of health care that may assist the United States in finding cost-effective ways to deliver high-quality health care in an equitable and sustainable way.
By Tom Toce
Each of the eight 5 × 5 word squares has one entry that is too long.
By Stephen Meskin
The Federal Office of Actuaries has received an urgent call for assistance from Zack Zappa the Zoologist.
By Bob Reitz
My father was a photoengraver. That process produced the pictures and advertisements that appeared in newspapers and magazines during the first 75 years of the 20th century.
The problems asked how to count infinite sets of various physical objects. Justifications of the answers, or solutions, would usually
By Kevin Wolf
I’ve been giving talks every May for the past five years to a group of my friends and some senior citizens.
By Olyvia Leahy
While actuarial models are by their nature quite scientific, the process of developing and adapting a model requires a bit of art as well.
By Kurt J. Wrobel
History books are filled with decisions that helped turn an important event to a victory or a defeat—whether that event took place in the arena of war, finance, or politics.