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Don't swallow Polonium-210. You won't last long, and it won't be pleasant. There are poisons all around us. The arsenic in your rice, the drain cleaner under your sink. Alas, some ...

If someone snuck into my closet and switched out one brand of sneakers for a similar model from another company, it wouldn't bother me much. Popular cars like the Camry, the Civic and the Ela ...

If 1,000 people toss a fair coin three times, 125 of them will get three heads in a row. Perfect score. And 125 will lose every time. We probably shouldn't give the winners too much credit. A ...

No one buys a hat without looking at themselves in a mirror first. Ever. There were hats before there were mirrors, so I'm not sure how it used to be, but that's how it is now. Even tho ...

Since I was born, humans have created 6 billion jobs. All while technology relentlessly disrupts existing industries. The pin making machine replaced the hand-crafted pin. The ox-pulled plow replac ...

Pedestrian traffic in Grand Central Station is a bit of a miracle. Thousands of people, all walking quickly, in almost non-Euclidian chaos, headed toward different trains. And no one collides. We s ...

Teaching is not about assignments, textbooks or authority. It's about the pedagogy, connection and approach that creates the conditions for a willing student to change their mind. Everything ...

Conversations and projects usually revolve around an axis. It could be a goal or an urgency or a person. It might be the boss. Wondering what they want, what they need, what sort of mood they’ ...

Two hundred years ago, there were a lot of violinists. Many made a living at it. If you were of means and wanted to hear music, your best option was to hire someone to play it for you. Of course, t ...

A screwdriver works because the handle is bigger than the screw. You can twist the handle with leverage, causing the screw to turn. The bigger the handle, the more leverage you have. We've sp ...