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Cosmologists know nothing
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Science was proved fallible once again, when NASA’s gamma ray telescope made a startling discovery: galaxies don’t emit as much gamma rays as was previously thought.
To put this into context, you first need...
Small talk
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Small talk is a beast with many forms. There’s small talk with friends which would likely progress into more if you weren’t in a rush to get to class. There’s the confusing cross-talk small...
In soviet russia, plant eat you
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Plants get a bum rap for being lazy do-nothings who are content to bask in the sun all day if you let them. Furthermore, a bunch of them just go dormant for months at...
Your inner shark, tadpole, jellyfish . . .
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As a trained paleontologist and professor of anatomy at the University of Chicago, Neil Shubin discovered that by using comparative anatomy he could teach human anatomy to his students better. Many animals share similar...
Vile weed no longer
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Dandelions, arguably the most annoying plant any gardener will come across (second only to stinging nettle). They are like the mosquitoes of the plant world. Except for those few people who use them in...
World War 1.5
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To make art is at once challenging and satisfying, like completing a puzzle. One of life's great pleasures is to stand back and look at something that you have made, something that was not...
Frankly my dear, Mikuska gives a damn
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Artist Frank Mikuska describes his teenage self as a “natural delinquent.” His older brother had been killed while working at an electricity company in Winnipeg, and his parents were adamant that Frank pursue a...
