A.K. Whitney

Joined: Jul 27, 2015

A.K. Whitney is a journalist with 20 years of experience in print and online. She has written for publications including Paste, Cosmopolitan, XOJane and Bitch, and spent the first years of her career on staff at the Press-Telegram in Long Beach, Calif., where she covered education, health, the arts and food.

Strawberry Shortcake and friends.

10 Facts About Strawberry Shortcake

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15 Facts About Rosalind Franklin

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5 Ways You Do Complex Math in Your Head Without Realizing It

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15 Pi Day Math Problems to Solve

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What Is Math Anxiety?

And how do you quell it?

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The Black Female Mathematicians Who Sent Astronauts to Space

It was an era in NASA's early development when, as mathematician Katherine G. Johnson put it, “the computer wore a skirt.”

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5 Itchy Facts About Fleas

There are several thousand species of fleas around the world—and 300 of these bloodsucking pests call the U.S. home.

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11 Facts About the Math Disorder Dyscalculia

Begin your crash course on the little-known mathematical disorder known as dyscalculia with these 11 facts.