Stupid math question of the day

Someone is asking how to factor out -50. This is presumably homework, and the topic is factoring numbers. How hard can it be to grasp the concept that factoring out a number means finding breaking it down into prime numbers (which in this case, -50 =  -2*5*5)?

Title IX being applied to science

Many people are aware of the positive effects that Title IX has had on girls’ and womens’ athletics since it became law in 1972 (as often occurs, there are often some negatives, which include the reduction of boys’ and mens’ obscure sports.)
This New York Times article (registration required) reports that the National Science Foundation, NASA, [...]