The first version of the now-ubiquitous “flatten the curve” chart appeared in a 2007 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The image, titled “Goals of Community ...

Linksoul designed this T-shirt stamped with “this calls for the low stinger,” as a golf-y way to encourage people to flatten the curve.

On page 18, a graphic appears called Goals of Community Mitigation. No one I’ve talked to at the CDC can remember who made it, but the image is the root of Flatten the Curve as it appears today.

That’s because a central data point in calculating the curve is a guesstimate: How many people are infected with the virus. The shortage of COVID-19 tests has meant that only those with symptoms ...

Golf club makers build a slight bulge into the striking surface of the driver–a club used to smack balls a long way. Now, a scientist has calculated why that bulge helps balls curve to the ...