Math Quiz

‘The Life of Pi’, a novel written by Canadian author Yann Martel, was rejected by more than five publication houses before it was finally accepted. In 2001, it was finally published and won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. It also won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Best Adult Fiction. Over ten million copies of the novel have been sold worldwide.

Whilst it might be alright to slurp, there’s a whole list of things which are a definite no-go in Japan – passing food between chopsticks being top of the list. Along with leaving the chopsticks stuck upright in a bowl of rice, these practices have connotations associated with funeral rites in Japan, which naturally diners don’t wish to be reminded of. They are considered very impolite.

Light is the biggest determinant of pupil size, but it's far from the only one. Other factors include recalling a memory, which causes dilation, or situations when the brain is overloaded, which causes contraction. Even doing multiplication tables can cause a change in size!