Know It All: Why Do We Eat Turkey On Thanksgiving?
Grab your knife and fork because we're going to dissect the history of Thanksgiving's association with the big gobbling bird.
The Field Manual
Five Reasons to Stop Panicking About the Fate of the World
Sex-crazed teenagers, horrible diseases, and violent crime are all sold in the media as things that are pushing up the date of the end of the world. The apocalypse isn't coming -- at least not from ... [more]
Linkszomania for November 18, 2009
Every Wednesday, I’m going to take you on a whirlwind adventure of 13 links chronicling the news throughout the geek world I inhabit. Whether it’s movies, music, art, politics, gadgets, science, ... [more]
Know It All: Why Does NASA Launch Their Shuttles from Florida?
For all the trouble NASA has with weather delays by basing shuttle launches out of Florida, there must be a good reason why they don't move to, say, Southern California...right?
Linkszomania for November 11, 2009
Every Wednesday, I’m going to take you on a whirlwind adventure of 13 links chronicling the news throughout the geek world I inhabit. Whether it’s movies, music, art, politics, gadgets, science, ... [more]
Know It All: The Origins of Pi
You probably remember pi from 7th grade math class as a magical number discovered hundreds of years ago used for calculations involving circles... But why the symbol? Who discovered pi? How many ... [more]
Five Things You Use Everyday That You Need to Clean
If you catch Swine Flu from your cell phone, you can't say we didn't warn you.
Linkszomania for November 4, 2009
Every Wednesday, I’m going to take you on a whirlwind adventure of 13 links chronicling the news throughout the geek world I inhabit. Whether it’s movies, music, art, politics, gadgets, science, ... [more]
Know It All: What’s the Largest Animal to Ever Live?
If you guessed 'dinosaurs' you'd be horribly mistaken. Do you know which creature takes the prize for being the largest to ever live?