MathTango... : It's Friday Potpourri Time

Some weeks I worry about coming up with enough Friday links to pass along... this wasn't one of those weeks:

1) For fans of prime numbers, Evelyn Lamb delivers this fun post:

2) The “happy ending” problem via Lior Pachter:

3) Joselle at “Mathematics Rising” relays some thoughts from Andrew Wiles:

4) A Keith Devlin week!:

...on his updated MOOC course:

…on “Number Sense” here:

5) Sudoku becomes even more fun when you tie it to symmetries, courtesy of always-entertaining Ben Orlin:

6) Marcus du Sautoy lectures about his latest book, "What We Cannot Know":

7) For education bloggers/tweeters, the “MTBoS 2017 Blogging Initiative” has begun; read all about it here (and take part!):

https://exploremtbos.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/new-year-new-blog/

8) Jo Boaler briefly interviewed on the 'math wars':
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ilaina-edison/women-in-the-math-wars-jo_b_13628010.html

9) Erica Klarreich begins the year reporting on a retraction in complexity theory:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20170105-graph-isomorphism-retraction/

10) One report on the popular "Hidden Figures" talk at the Joint Math Meetings conference in Atlanta this week:
https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/hidden-figures-rock-joint-math-meetings

11) Do you ever get tired of hearing Steve Strogatz talk about math or education... I didn't think so (the last ~40 mins. is especially good stuff):
http://teachbetter.co/blog/2017/01/02/tbp-episode-45/

12) Richard Schoen awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize in mathematics:
https://news.uci.edu/faculty/richard-schoen-to-receive-2017-wolf-prize-in-mathematics/

13) ICYMI, posts at Math-Frolic this week were on the number 7 and Eric Weinstein.

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

1) If you enjoy podcasts, this list of 50 from Atlantic Magazine looks interesting (many I’m not familiar with):

2) Gary Taubes continues his battle against sugar:

MathTango...