Chaos, Cars, and the One-Ton Seal Stealing the Show in Tasmania
Five-year-old. One-ton. Pure chaos. That’s Neil the seal.
He’s rampaging through towns along the Tasmanian coast. Stealing hearts? Yes. Also stealing peace and quiet, overturning...
550-Million-Year-Old Worms Were Probably Right-Handers
Forget everything you know about dexterity. Or rather, remember it. You favor the right hand, the rest of humanity likely does too. 85 percent...
Chemistry is invisible until you build it
I was in high school when chemistry stopped making sense. Not because the math was too hard. Or the vocabulary. But because it was...
The Run That Won’t End
The numbers don’t lie.
They just make your stomach turn.
Back in June, a few dozen Americans reported feeling rotten from Cyclospora. Just a blip on...
The Hobbit Scavenged the Dragon’s Lunch
Old theories about Homo floresiensis are collapsing. Fast.
For two decades, the scientific community assumed these short, small-brained ancestors were apex hunters. They found bones...
I Coded an AI Librarian. It Works. But So Does a Nudge.
I have big ideas. Urgent ones at 11 p.m., usually gone by breakfast. So when the thought hit me — an AI reading recommender...
That wooden roller coaster was supposed to shake like that
You know wooden coasters look cool from a safe distance. Up close, not so much. They smell like treated pine and panic.
The genre started...
The AI Gap in Classrooms
Most schools have rules now. Or at least the paper versions. Three out of four districts claim they have AI guidelines in place. A...
The Lincoln Pool didn’t need chemicals. It needed bugs.
The water turned green. Fast. Just days after spending US$15 million on renovations.
Panic set in. The U.S. government rushed for hydrogen peroxide and expensive...
The College Bottleneck Killing Skills-First Education
Kathleen Farley wrote a piece for Google. She talked about ditching traditional credit hours for skills-based standards in K-12. A smart move. Necessary, even.
But...
