February 25, 2019 0 When a Baseball Team Traded for Runs Major League Baseball got underway over the last few days, with all 30 teams playing their first (fake) games [...]
February 22, 2019 0 The Weekender, February 22, 2019 1) “Baby Blue Blood Drive” (Radiolab, 58 minutes, August 2018). This is a podcast episode about [...]
February 21, 2019 0 How to Recycle Thousands of Tons of Military-Grade Metal Pictured above is the USS Oriskany, an American aircraft carrier. In the image above, this huge warship was [...]
February 15, 2019 0 The Weekender, February 15, 2019 1) “The Most Dangerous Book in the World” (Mental Floss, 11 minutes, January 2019). The subhead: [...]
February 14, 2019 0 You Can’t Be Late To This Party Stephen Hawking, pictured above left, was considered one of the world’s smartest people during his [...]
February 12, 2019 0 Why The $1 Bill Doesn’t Change If you look in your wallet right now, hopefully, you’ll see some money in there. If you’re an American, [...]
February 11, 2019 0 The Fake Gold Mine That Got a Ringing Endorsement Prices fluctuate but recently, the price of an ounce of gold has hovered around $1,250. And while there are [...]
February 8, 2019 0 The Weekender, February 8, 2019 1) “Meet the Safecracker of Last Resort” (The Atlantic, 15 minutes, December 2018). The subhead: [...]
February 7, 2019 0 When Doing the Math Meant Breaking the Law In 2013, an Oregon man named Mats Järlström and his wife got an unexpected and unwelcome piece of mail [...]
February 5, 2019 0 The Fake 80s Song That Became an Accidental Hit The TV show “Teen Titans Go!,” is perhaps Cartoon Network’s most successful program to date, and for [...]