January 3, 2020 0 The Weekender, January 3, 2020 Hi! Happy new year! I hope your 2020 is your best year yet. Most publications spent the last week [...]
January 2, 2020 0 How a Flush Beat a Checkmate If you’re familiar with competitive chess, you know who Magnus Carlsen is. He’s the top-rated [...]
December 30, 2019 0 The Astronauts Strike Back In May of 1973, the United States sent Skylab, its first space station, into orbit. Over the next seven [...]
December 27, 2019 0 The Weekender, December 27, 2019 Hi! It’s a very, very slow week for newsletters, as I’ve mentioned before, so I basically [...]
December 23, 2019 0 Not Even Baby Yoda Knows How to Drive In 2001, a 26-year-old waitress named Jodee Berry experienced something which many of us would, in a [...]
December 20, 2019 0 The Weekender, December 20, 2019 Hi! Last week, in celebration of my birthday, I asked you to donate to charity: water. And after one [...]
December 17, 2019 0 The Day It Accidentally Rained Flying Whale Blubber At about four meters (13 feet) long and weighing approximately half a short ton (~450 kg), newborn sperm [...]
December 16, 2019 0 The Postal Workers Who Deliver Peace of Mind A long, healthy life is a gift unto itself. But it often comes at a cost: loneliness. As friends and family [...]
December 13, 2019 0 The Weekender: Help Me Bring Water to Those Who Need it Most Hi! Today’s my birthday — yes, Friday the 13th — and I’m hoping you’ll [...]
December 12, 2019 0 The Kid Who Wrote on the Walls and Didn’t Get in Trouble When you were a kid (or if you still are a kid), there’s a good chance you’ve been in a classroom [...]