Two cool Math resources

Yeah, I said it! Cool. Math. Resources.

PLUS Magazine
http://plus.maths.org/content/
Here is part of the description from the website:

"Plus is an internet magazine which aims to introduce readers to the beauty and the practical applications of mathematics...Plus provides feature articles, which describe applications of maths to real-world problems, games, and puzzles; reviews of popular maths books and events; a news section, showing how recent news stories were often based on some underlying piece of maths that never made it to the newspapers; a puzzle for you to sharpen your wits against; a lucky dip of mathematical curiosities; and opinions on various maths-related topics and news stories. We have a regular interview with someone in a maths-related career, showing the wide range of uses maths gets put to in the real world."

The Math Dude
http://mathdude.quickanddirtytips.com/
A podcast that is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips website, episodes on The Math Dude, covers various topics in Mathematics. Each episode includes download links and the transcript for the episode. Good stuff.

Get your grammar on with these two podcasts...

Grammar Girl

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/

She tells it like it is in her podcast. At least as it relates to grammar and word usage, that is. The podcasts are short and useful. There is an extensive archive as well.

Grammar Grater

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/podcasts/grammar_grater/

Another podcast, this one from  Minnesota Public Radio, explores the same territory, but with a little more drama (literally) and flair. Plus, the episodes run a little longer. They are taking a hiatus for the next few months, but you can look through the archives. 

Study: Better to be good with people than just being smart.

Scientific American's 60 second science podcast reports on a study that shows that groups with good social skills was a better predictor of success on a task than considering the intelligence of individual group members.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=groups-with-good-social-skills-outp-10-09-30