Congress can grant any American permission to be a pirate. A.J. Jacobs found out what happens when you apply.

Why the most intuitive explanation for ideas getting harder to find is wrong

Riffling from factory order to complete randomness.

It's not because they're not good enough at math

Nature - The blinding headaches are poorly understood — a mouse study suggests that the content of spinal fluid is a trigger for pain.

Try this habit tracker app with streaks, freezes to protect streaks, and a visual map to see consistency. Track your habits effortlessly!

Rotating a looped hook around a central point creates a surprising variety of shapes.

Coriander went from ancient staple to persona non grata.

I got the chance to investigate an interesting bug in
SerenityOS this week. It was related to the decoding
of JPG images in the operating system. For some reason, when a JPG image is
viewed, it comes out like this:

Lenna,
showing up with incorrect…

Personal blog of Jonathan Korman

From the Transistor to the Web Browser, a rough outline for a 12 week course - geohot/fromthetransistor

Have you always wondered how a car engine works? In this video, you’ll find out all you need to know about internal combustion engines. Check out more Toyota videos about car technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU_dA2V0Qig&list=PLsOvRYzJPCwUuNl0-mOAFV_…

There is no denying that modern graphic resolutions have reached unachievable heights. Yet, there are many with an emotional connect to pixelated style: an art form that rekindles memories of early computers and video game graphics. If you’re one of them…

The country's former prime minister called the tax breaks a "fiscal injustice" that drove up house prices.