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Whether its Formula 1, NASCAR or Indy racing, the pit stop is an important part of winning. 26 people are trying to refuel the car, change the tires, help the driver and do minor repairs in as little time as humanly possible – less than 10 seconds in most cases. This video explains who the [...]
When colony collapse disorder, or CCD, first hit the news a few years back conspiracy theorists blamed a number of things for the phenomenon. Some theories (such as the idea that cell phone towers disorient bees) are less plausible than others. The most vitriolic debates here circled around the alleged harm caused by pesticides – [...]
Once You’re Dead Long Enough You Belong to the World
by Josh Clark | March 21, 2011
In museums, research facilities and universities throughout the world, there are tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of human remains held in collection. The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History alone has more than 18,500 human remains in its collection. Most of these tend to be the remains of indigenous peoples (read: non-European) whose remains were often come by through illegal digs (read: grave robbing).
Most people are convinced that NASA’s astronauts landed on the Moon. Full disclosure: I’m one of them. But thousands of people around the world think the landing was staged. Why? Here’s a short video that covers the basics of this conspiracy theory:
Here’s a bit of beer advertising history that Molly and I left out of our St. Paddy’s Day podcast, courtesy of Stuff Mom Never Told You listener Erin. The old “Guinness Is Good for You” slogan fostered some medical myths about the beer’s supposedly healthful properties. For instance, pregnant women were thought to benefit from [...]
This article reminded me of something I have been meaning to write about for a long time: Open office plans make ‘mine’ a thing of the past The article is talking about the trend toward “open office plans”, where employees get no assigned desk and/or they are working at tables. This video shows just how [...]
Here is your chance to play rock/paper/scissors against a computer and find out how predictable you (and other human beings) really are. Here is the game: Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer This point is made: A truly random game of rock-paper-scissors would result in a statistical tie with each player winning, tying and losing one-third [...]
The title of the article is provocative: How Dumb Are We? So is the subtitle: “NEWSWEEK gave 1,000 Americans the U.S. Citizenship Test -38 percent failed. The country’s future is imperiled by our ignorance.” And the statistics aren’t particularly inspiring: When NEWSWEEK recently asked 1,000 U.S. citizens to take America’s official citizenship test, 29 percent [...]
Delta Flight Arrives Tokyo During the Quake – ” The Japanese controller’s anxiety level seemed quite high and he said expect “indefinite” holding time. No one would commit to a time frame on that so got my copilot and relief pilot busy looking at divert stations and our fuel situation, which, after an ocean crossing [...]
As if, on the heels of a devastating earthquake-tsunami combo in Japan, we needed any more reminders of Mother Nature’s destructive power, researchers think they may have finally located a storied city she pummeled ages ago. Perhaps you’ve heard of it — it’s a little place called Atlantis, and according to a team of archeologists led by Connecticut-based professor Richard Freund, it’s sitting somewhere beneath the marshlands of the Dona Ana Park in southern Spain.
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