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Hi! Happy new year! I hope your 2020 is your best year yet. Most publications spent the last week [...]

If you’re familiar with competitive chess, you know who Magnus Carlsen is. He’s the top-rated [...]

In May of 1973, the United States sent Skylab, its first space station, into orbit. Over the next seven [...]

Hi! It’s a very, very slow week for newsletters, as I’ve mentioned before, so I basically [...]

In 2001, a 26-year-old waitress named Jodee Berry experienced something which many of us would, in a [...]

Hi! Last week, in celebration of my birthday, I asked you to donate to charity: water. And after one [...]

At about four meters (13 feet) long and weighing approximately half a short ton (~450 kg), newborn sperm [...]

A long, healthy life is a gift unto itself. But it often comes at a cost: loneliness. As friends and family [...]

Hi! Today’s my birthday — yes, Friday the 13th — and I’m hoping you’ll [...]

When you were a kid (or if you still are a kid), there’s a good chance you’ve been in a classroom [...]