NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the oldest known tadpole, new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption.

Five or ten new proofs of the Pythagorean theorem. American Mathematical Monthly. Published online October 28, 2024. doi: 10.1080/00029890.2024.2370240. N.D. Jackson and C.R. Johnson.

Two high school seniors have presented their proof of the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry — which mathematicians thought to be impossible — at an American Mathematical Society meeting.