How much is your identity worth on the black market?
Secureworks, a cybersecurity firm, went to the darkweb to find out. Spoiler: not as much as you’d have hoped… | learn more
Secureworks, a cybersecurity firm, went to the darkweb to find out. Spoiler: not as much as you’d have hoped… | learn more
Aziz Ansari teamed up with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg on a research project to understand the implication of text messages on dating. How long should you wait to text back for optimal results? | learn more
Someone made a fun map showing where 70 Roman Emperors (from 14 - 395 AD) died. Naturally, it’s color coded by the cause of death. | learn more
During a conversation with a friend this week, we wondered how early a child can possibly learn to speak. “Kearney spoke his first words at four months. At the age of six months, he said to his pediatrician, ‘I have a left ear infection’, and he learned to read at the age of ten months.” | learn more
After being schooled recently by Dennis Z for misusing the “et al.” abbreviation, I decided some research was in order. Do you need a refresher? | learn more
I remember chuckling at a restaurant in Europe when the waiter said the burger was made of cow. It sounded foreign to my ear. I hadn’t considered how it came to be that we refer to animal meats by unique names. Now I know! | learn more
“A new paper in the journal Proceedings of Royal Society B reveals that when wild dogs in Botswana sneeze, they aren’t merely clearing their nasal passages. They are actually voting on whether to go hunting, and some dogs are especially successful at moving the group with just a few sneezes.” | learn more
To all my color-blind brethren, it’s time to rejoice! Did you know Uno is the most popular non-collectible card game in the world? | learn more
Have you seen all of the stories about fire ants in Houston that are floating atop flood waters? What I learned from this video is that when the ants get together in a colony, they actually form a new sort of “material” that’s caught the attention of researchers at Georgia Tech. You should definitely watch this video. |learn more