February 23, 2015 0 Pop Goes the Kernel Above is an animated gif of a popcorn kernel turning into the movie-time snack most of us enjoy. (If [...]
February 20, 2015 0 The Apple Club As the saying goes, money doesn’t grow on trees. The idiom is a reference to the notion that one [...]
February 19, 2015 0 Stopsicles Red means stop. Green means go. This rule of thumb is something we learn at a young age and it helps us [...]
February 18, 2015 0 Air Plane Wonder Woman first graced the comic book world in December of 1941, when she appeared in DC Comic’s All [...]
February 17, 2015 0 It’s Over There You’re on vacation, driving somewhere in your rental car. Maybe you’re off to the beach. [...]
February 12, 2015 0 A Barely-Balanced Economy The map above, showing Russia, highlights the federal subject (similar to an American state) of [...]
February 11, 2015 0 Enc-Roaching on Your Love Say it with flowers. Diamonds are forever. Life is like a box of chocolates. Two of those are quips you’ll [...]
February 10, 2015 0 Not So Hoopy Froods In the 1950s, an Australian company revived a long-lost product — a thin hoop used for dancing, [...]
February 9, 2015 0 When Every Day Is a Bad Hair Day You wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and — it’s hopeless. No matter what you try and [...]
February 6, 2015 0 Silencing the Alarm If you have a smart phone or tablet — an iPhone or iPad, for example — it collects a lot of data [...]