Just Vaping

Almost every customer who comes in is here to pick up Puff Bars — Cool Mint, Lychee Ice, Blue Razz...
Read MoreIce Age Burials

For most of our evolutionary history, we did indeed live in Africa – but not just the eastern savannas, as previously thought...
Read MoreThere’s no digital afterlife…

That thing? It’s just a monster living in Microsoft’s basement. And it’s wearing someone’s face...
Read MoreKnow Sweat

During the 1800s, Western culture morphed its distaste for olfaction into a belief that the human sense of smell was mediocre and superfluous...
Read MoreThe dog was more lifelike than expected…

If he obeyed a voice command – to sit, stay or roll over – I was supposed to scratch his head and say, “good dog”...
Read MoreAmongst Us

Many SETI scientists now agree with UFOers that the first alien detection plausibly could occur within our own solar system...
Read MoreEarly Transnational Astronomy in Chile

Improvisation was part of the technological expedition: a mule was responsible for the Danjon telescope while the astronomer lit a fire to make some smoke...
Read MoreWhere No Man Has Sat for Hours and Hours Before

The Starship cabin is not ultimately intended for trips “under an hour,” but in fact for journeys of multiple months...
Read MoreQuantum Secure

Just like the nuclear revolution, the possible ramifications of the quantum revolution reach far beyond the spheres of academia and may become instrumental in security and warfare...
Read MoreThe tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
Read MoreThe thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
Read MoreI spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
Read MoreThe tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
Read MoreThe thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
Read MoreI spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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