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February 2022
"What are the hit songs on Yoda's home planet?"
February 25, 2022
"Love Me Do, Or Do Not," "The Dogs Out, Who Let Them," and more.
"At Waffle House, a ketchup packet can be the key to getting your order right"
February 25, 2022
"TikTok reveals the not-so-secret system cooks at the chain use to keep track of orders."
"An Optimal Diet Could Add Ten Years to Your Life"
February 24, 2022
Even a halfway-optimal diet supposedly adds some years.
"Frontier Supercomputer to Usher in Exascale Computing"
February 24, 2022
A "peak theoretical capacity in excess of 1.5 exaflops". That's big.
"Records Found in Dusty Basement Undermine Decades of Dietary Advice"
February 24, 2022
Oops, it looks like more "settled science" isn't so settled.
"Mercator Misconceptions: Clever Map Shows the True Size of Countries"
February 24, 2022
Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia, and Russia are smaller than you think.
"Dutch Lawmaker Refutes the Claim that '97% of Scientists Agree on Manmade Global Warming'"
February 23, 2022
As fake as fake news gets.
"Mike Rowe scholarship highlights the lost virtues of hard work and sweat"
February 23, 2022
The application process for this year's awards begins today. We could use a lot more of this activity.
"Why the Fuck Do You Trust Harvard?"
February 23, 2022
Freddie de Boer writes the absolute truth:
You can’t make college admissions fair by getting rid of the SAT because colleges admissions can’t be “fair.” College admissions exist to serve the schools. Period. End of story. They always have, they always will.