Friday the 13th Potpourri (read at your own risk)

A somewhat short selection this week:

1)  Steven Strogatz talking about math education (and being "stuck" in 1960s thinking) on "Innovation Hub" podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/innovationhub/should-we-teach-less-math

2)  ...and related to above, Jason Wilkes and Bob Sun on learning mathematics (12-min. podcast):
https://viewpointsradio.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/16-19-segment-2-the-formula-to-make-learning-math-easy/
...see my overview of Wilkes' new book here:
http://mathtango.blogspot.com/2016/05/feel-burn.html

3)  Some varieties of graphical representation considered, using gun violence as an example:
https://socialmathematics.net/2016/05/09/visualization-of-gun-laws-and-gun-violence/

4)  Of geometry, triangular cakes, and cuts (from DataGenetics):
http://datagenetics.com/blog/may12016/index.html

5)  A compendium of problems from Stephen Cavadino:
https://cavmaths.wordpress.com/puzzles-and-starters/

6)  Math teacher Fawn Nguyen's writing has always been touching to read... fun, thoughtful, moving, unpredictable; you never know what to expect. So it's a particular joy that for the month of May she has been posting most days at her blog "Finding Ways":
http://fawnnguyen.com

7)  Kids write the darnedest things:
http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/this-kid-has-the-kind-of-genius-you-cant-teach-in-school--Wkg19SHPGW


Potpourri BONUS! (extra NON-mathematical links of interest):

1)  Crisis in replication in science... pharmaceutical giant Merck may want its money back:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601348/merck-wants-its-money-back-if-university-research-is-wrong/

2)  and speaking of science, John Oliver had a few notable things to say last week -- pretty much went viral, but in case you were vacationing in Siberia and missed it: