August 4, 2016 0 The Man Who Bounced Around A Bit Recently, a man named Luke Aikins did something most of us couldn’t even dare think about — he [...]
August 3, 2016 0 Tanks for the Tea The importance of tea to British culture is hard to overestimate. British drinkers imbibe 165 million cups a [...]
August 1, 2016 0 Just for the Taste of Whatever It Is Let’s say you live in the United States and wanted a Diet Coke. No problem — the Coca-Cola [...]
July 29, 2016 0 The Weekender: July 29, 2016 1) “The audacious rescue plan that might have saved space shuttle Columbia” (Ars Technica, 33 [...]
July 28, 2016 0 The Lucky Iron Fish Severe fatigue. Dizziness, chest pains, shortness of breath, and headaches. Pregnancy complications, [...]
July 27, 2016 0 Buds But Not Buddies The four bottles on the left, above, are bottles of what an American would call Budweiser. And, if [...]
July 26, 2016 0 David’s Garden The plant pictured is the creation of David Latimer, a retired electrical engineer (also pictured). It lives [...]
July 25, 2016 0 How to Feed Your Penguin Penguins eat fish. That’s no surprise. At zoos, they’re typically fed a diet of capelin, [...]
July 21, 2016 0 Win, Lose, or Save According to various surveys (summarized here), an estimated 60% of Americans have less than $1,000 put away [...]
July 20, 2016 0 The Sword Isn’t So Mighty After All Pictured above are Orko and He-Man, characters from the 1983 cartoon “He-Man and the Masters of the [...]