calculation

Defending TrumpRx Scam, RFK Jr. Absurdly Claims Trump ‘Has His Own Way of Calculating’ Percentages

By Brad Reed-Common Dreams on Apr 23, 2026 Featured, National, National/World

“You can’t just redefine how you calculate percentages,” said one mathematician in response to Kennedy’s claims. US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday tried to defend President Donald Trump’s mathematically absurd claims about prescription drug prices by saying the president has his own unique method of calculating percentages. During a Senate Finance Committee hearing, […]

Mercury in the World’s Oceans: On the Rise

By Cheryl Dybas | NSF, Stephanie Murphy | WHOI on Aug 13, 2014 At Sea, Featured

Little was known about how much mercury in the environment was the result of human activities, or how much “bioavailable” mercury was in the world’s oceans. Until now. The first direct calculation of mercury pollution in the world’s oceans, based on data from 12 oceanographic sampling cruises during the last eight years, is reported in […]