In a recent blog post, The Economist discusses its “Sinodependency Index”, which measures the world’s economic dependence on China. This index was originally proposed in 2010. In today’s post, we will take a closer look at this index, and in the process, we will explore some of Mathematica’s finance-related capabilities.

It has been an exciting summer in science news. In early July, CERN announced the probable discovery of a Higgs-like particle at the Large Hadron Collider, filling a long open hole in the standard model of physics.

You’ve probably already experienced the agony that accompanies an infection of Carly Rae Jepsen’s inane earworm “Call Me Maybe”. You’ve probably also been subjected to the current number one song in America, Flo Rida’s “Whistle”, a ditty whose only creative merit is its ability to evade censorship despite its explicit subject material.