“It’s mindlessly binge-watching television without worrying about the time. It’s eating snacks in bed without a care about leftover crumbs. And it’s wearing the same pair of pajamas all week while working from home. Welcome to “goblin mode.” | learn more
“Published in Science, the study said that groundwater-fed irrigation had transformed much of Bangladesh’s single-crop, rain-watered floodplains into highly productive double-cropping and, in places, triple-cropping lands to make the country the world’s fourth highest producer of rice.” | learn more
He also tries to convince Dave to get a computer. | learn more
Humans are intuitive drivers, which often means bad drivers. Machines can do it better. “That’s the initial suggestion from a five-day trial that took place in Nashville last week that saw researchers from the CIRCLES Consortium deploy 100 human-piloted vehicles […]
“The Walkman’s reign over the music industry is long since over, but its impact on popular culture remains both in the way it symbolizes an era and in the impact it had on modern society.” | learn more
An interactive quiz. I admit my score fell below 100%. | learn more
“Although students may be drawn to those fields while they’re in school for reasons beyond salary and job security, “when we graduate, reality hits,” said Sinem Buber, ZipRecruiter’s lead economist.” | learn more
“In 1970, the Oregon Highway Division consulted with the U.S. Navy and decided the best way to dispose of a whale carcass was to blow it up with a ½ ton of dynamite. The explosion caused blubber to rain down on […]
Since the third century BC, the “inverted flask experiment” demonstrated the basic mechanics of air temperature impacting the water level in a column. But it wasn’t until the 1600s that someone paired it with a scale to turn it into […]
“Real and fake alligators were used in the film as well as a frog which is seen briefly sitting on a tree limb at a golf course. Two live alligators were transported from California to Vancouver, British Columbia. … One […]