A Very Cool Science Cake about Soil

Because someone had to do it. 🔼

Thanks to all the students and faculty who helped bake cakes! I’ll share the assembly video below. #WorldSoilDay pic.twitter.com/pOtnyMHPgc

— Karen Vaughan (@vaughan_soil) December 5, 2019

(Tips of the cap to Anne Jefferson and Meghan Duffy.)

Oxford's Mathematical Bake-off

Oxford had a mathematical bake-off a couple of weeks ago. Here are some pictures of the contestants (well, of what they baked, technically).

Previously, I showed you my student Flora Meng's multilayer-network cakes.

Update: And, of course, there is Puck Rombach's frosting-embedded visualization (i.e., cake) of the Zachary Karate Club network.

Multilayer Network Gelatin Cakes

My student Flora Meng made some multilayer network gelatin cakes.

Her efforts were part of the recently mathematical bake-off that was held by the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. (I am sure I will have more pictures to post soon enough.) I've included a picture of one of Flora's desserts in the post, and you can click on the link for two other pictures that will allow you to see the rest of Flora's handiwork.

Cake of the Day

This cookie cake is even better than the one I once special-ordered.

This demotivational poster is also pretty damn funny.