Tag: Hard stuff

30 Jul

Etymology: perhaps from nerd, a creature in the children’s book If I Ran the Zoo (1950) by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)

I am nerdier than 83% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!
19 Jul

I made it to the 7th when my brain folded

Imagining the Tenth Dimension
16 Mar

Remedial TV

Remedial TV: Finally, you can look smart in front of your child
14 Mar

mmmmm, pi … and a plate o’ shrimp: hell in a handbasket

mmmmm, pi … and a plate o’ shrimp: hell in a handbasket
24 Feb

Why ice is slippery and other personal encounters with relativity

15 Feb

Dust in the wind

Dendrochronology: The present is the key to the past.
26 Jan

I married him for his funny genes

women prefer funny men because their wit reveals an active and healthy brain
19 Jan

I started planning MY doomsday vault at the tender age of 8

I started planning MY doomsday vault at the tender age of 8
23 Dec

Stress is surefire hangover cure

New Scientist: Stress is surefire hangover cure
28 Oct

Perspective at a distance