Google’s “calculator” reckons 1 divided by 0 equals 0, which is, of course, technically bollocks.

Apple Macs, on the other hand, tell you the answer is “infinity”, which is slightly less wrong, but mathematical bollocks just the same. Windows XP, however,…

Canada’s infamous Globe & Mail continues to struggle with basic numeracy and simple fact checking, a colleague tells us.

Recently, they reported that Canada’s wine exports to China are 76,000 litres, which sounded suspicious from the off, as wine usually comes in…

Whenever I need to send or receive something promptly & efficiently, FedEx is often my first choice. Unfortunately, their usual standard of excellence was missed in a recently released manual for the company’s shipping software. In the US, apparently, the…

A recent Royal Society meeting for which David Bradley is currently writing a summary report discussed the important matter of the fundamental constants, units and metrology in general…an issue dear to the heart of the Significant Figures blog. At one…