November 2011
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Happy 176th Birthday, Mark Twain!
Goodnessgracioussakes! 
Nov 30th
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Nov 29th
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from the Wolfram|Alpha team! We can’t really cook, so we are bringing data to dinner: Tales will be told of the great turkey population spike of 1998. 
Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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Wolfram Flight Information and Wolfram Password...
We are happy to introduce two new Wolfram Reference Apps for iOS: the Wolfram Flight Information Reference App and the Wolfram Password Generator Reference App. Using real-time data on flight arrivals and delays, the Wolfram Flight Information Reference App can find a flight by arrival and departure city, airport name, or airport code; find out what flights are overhead at any location;...
Nov 22nd
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Nov 18th
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CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: What plane just flew by?... →
cnnmoneytech: Ever see a plane go by and wonder where it came from and where it’s going? Now you can find out using Wolfram Alpha. I’m not kidding. A search of “flights overhead” in Wolfram Alpha’s search engine will provide results of all the planes flying by, how high up they are, and even what angle…
Nov 18th
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Nov 15th
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Nov 11th
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Wolfram Investment Calculator and Wolfram Gaming...
We’ve released two new Wolfram Reference Apps for iOS: the Wolfram Investment Calculator Reference App and the Wolfram Gaming Odds Reference App. The investment calculator can be used to compute ending values, accumulation periods, and ongoing yearly investments. The app can also perform bond calculations using the clean or dirty prices to determine price, yield to maturity, and redemption...
Nov 11th
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A "words containing" scavenger hunt!
Have you ever used our “words containing” function? It can be fun! You can even find out which words contain ‘fun’. Funkiest! Fungicidal! Funicular! Speaking of fun, here is a quick animal-themed scavenger hunt. Each answer can be found using a “words containing” query. What method of taking medicine has a raven in it?  What kind of oven has a crow in it? ...
Nov 10th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Cool designs with Mathematica
Loving all the designs created with Mathematica code on In The Continuum. Wolfram|Alpha was created with Mathematica code too! Be prepared for a few reblogs from that site. 
Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 7th
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