"" The laws of thermodynamics in action © 2018 HowStuffWorks The British physicist and novelist C.P. Snow once said that a nonscientist who didn't know the second law of thermodynamics was like a scienti... More »
All About Rice We cook with a lot of rice in our house. It goes well with many dishes and makes a beautiful meal conduit. In this post, I'd like to look at rice from several points of view, so you can better understand how important rice is in so many cultures... More »
Jailhouse phone wiretaps cited by judges in court papers obtained by BuzzFeed News show that Andrew allegedly hoped to flee to Dubai under the pretext of receiving medical treatment there. (The United Arab Emirates does not have an extradition treaty with Roma... More »
Buckingham Palace has shared new images of the robes King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, will be wearing on Coronation Day.In the photos shared by the palace, members of the Royal School of Needlework can be seen working on the Robes of State and ... More »
Linux will work on just about any PC. I mean that literally. Remember the Intel Pentium 4 processor? It's still supported by Debian Linux. That said, Linux runs better on some laptops than others. These days quite a few big-name PC makers even offer official s... More »
The most powerful formula in physics starts with a slender S, the symbol for a sort of sum known as an integral. Further along comes a second S, representing a quantity known as action. Together, these twin S’s form the essence of an equation that is arguably ... More »
WASHINGTON — Back in 1923, the Supreme Court had issued 157 rulings by May 1 in a term that started the previous fall. On the same date a century later, the current justices, facing a firestorm of scrutiny on multiple fronts, have disposed of just 15 cases, fu... More »
George Resch, who goes by TankSinatra on social media, recently mentioned that he had an addiction to the over-the-counter nasal spray Afrin. “I have been congested for a year,” he said on the podcast Meme Daddies.How does that happen? Plenty of over-the-count... More »
Hi Existential in Denver,Depression is not an unreasonable response to senseless mass murder, the revocation of bodily rights, financial precarity, and unfulfilling work that best case benefits no one and at worst makes one feel complicit in harms. I don’t thi... More »
In an update on the first flight of the most powerful rocket ever, Elon Musk offered a timeline of what went wrong while staying optimistic about forthcoming launches.During its brief first flight more than a week ago, the gigantic Starship rocket made by Spac... More »
Marriages between cousins, also known as consanguineous marriages, have been pretty common throughout history — especially in small communities where the pickings are slim as far as potential marriage partners go. But it happens these days, too: As of 2022, mo... More »
Welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, am happy to be your host once again as we look back at the best community-created works from the previous week.If you have been heeding my previous Spotlights, then you should ... More »