You can also add a splash of color if you so choose.
You can embed links. This link takes you to a basic formatting guide for READMEs
You can also embed images such as this one below of the GitHub mascot.
The goal of READMEs is to be a short explanation of the repository, the code within it, its purpose, how to run/use the provided code, information about which software license you have published it under, and various other things relevant to people interested in using your code.
The code contained in this repository is part of a simple example of cloning a repository, pulling future updates from a remote repository to local.
The notebook data_plotter.ipynb loads in some data and makes a simple animation displayed within the jupyter notebook. To run this code you need a Python environment with the standard library, numpy, matplotlib, and the ipython kernel for jupyter notebooks.