By Tom Toce
Each of the eight 5 × 5 word squares has one entry that is too long.
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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.
By Eric Harding
It will not come as a revelation to many of you that life can be somewhat hectic.
By Steve Alpert
This month, we take a step back from the technical details of professionalism to look at the broader context of professionalism as our part of a two-way “conversation” with the public.
By David Driscoll
“I know one thing; that I know nothing.”