New Knowledge about Sea Urchin Teeth Could Lead to Knives that Never Need...
Researchers led by physicist Pupa Gilbert of the University of Wisconsin at Madison examined how sea urchins are able to maintain razor-sharp teeth throughout their lives without any apparent means of...
View ArticleThe Quick 8: Eight Tweets that Ended in Pink Slips
Newsflash: Tweeting stupid things can cost you your job. You probably already knew that, but these eight people didn’t – they spewed forth 140 inappropriate characters or less, and ultimately got...
View ArticleThe Stories Behind 5 Familiar Voices
Note: This article was originally published in 2008, before Brenna wrote a book and went on to big things at Mashable. Server migration week continues, so forgive us for reposting a few oldies/goodies....
View Article4 Eco-Fabulous Places to Live in 2020
Across the world, architects and environmental engineers are building cities inspired by Mother Nature. Here are four communities leading the way to a greener, cleaner world. 1. Masdar City, United...
View ArticleLIBRETTO: The Bacterial Opera
Words: Marc Abrahams Music: Jacques Offenbach, Giuseppe Verdi, and Arthur Sullivan (And thanks to Mary Ellen Davey, Harriet Provine, Dany Adams, and Carl Zimmer for bacteriological insights, and Robert...
View ArticleLectures for a New Year: Being a Genius vs. Having a Genius
Welcome to the second day of our new lecture series. Are we having fun yet? Up today, a short lecture you can definitely fit in during your lunch break. Liz Gilbert is best known for writing Eat, Pray,...
View ArticleLectures for a New Year: First Week in Review
For the month of January I’m bringing you a great lecture every weekday. This week we covered neurology, art, creativity, ecology, writing, achieving childhood dreams, and most importantly lots of...
View ArticleThe Late Movies: Every Major’s Terrible
Two years ago I wrote an article on the webcomic xkcd and the influence it has on its fans. We had another example this week. Monday, Randall Munroe posted a comic called Every Major’s Terrible. It was...
View ArticleLOLPERA: Yes, an Opera About Lolcats
It was inevitable. You knew it was coming, and so it is here. Behold, the LOLPERA: a lolcat pop opera by Ellen Warkentine and Andrew Pedroza. LA Weekly’s "Pick of the Week," LOLPERA, is a giddily...
View ArticleI Am The Very Model of an Amateur Grammarian
Tom Freeman of The Stroppy Editor took the Major-General’s Song from the Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan and adapted it to suit the modern swashbuckling world of grammar nazism: I am the...
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