Thinking About Thinking
Another breakthrough in mapping the brain. I'm thinking that one day we'll start to understand how it works, but at least now I know which part of my brain I'm thinking that with.
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Science's 10 Most Beautiful Experiments
Physics! Animation! What more could you ask for?
Pass It On
Donald M. Murray died on Saturday, December 30. On Friday, he filed his last column. <I>The Boston Globe</I> ran his final column today.
Us and Them
Robert L. Jamieson, Jr. took a reader's dare to spend some time in Muslim countries and "see how they live over there." It didn't have the expected result.
Starship Size Comparison Chart
You've got to love people with too much spare time on their hands. At least, <I>I</I> love this.
Vodka Chic
"One does not inhale vodka's bouquet, but one may use vodka to sterilize a wound on the knee, as familiar a sight to the serious vodka drinker as the shot glass and the handful of ibuprofen."
Foolproof: A Sampling of Mathematical Folk Humor
Because the difference between a stupid joke and a <I>really</I> stupid joke is that <I>really</I> stupid jokes are pretty funny.
Do you look for the same or different types of reviews in our print and web products? Can you give some examples?
According to our year-end web metrics, it would appear that the magazine's online readers are interested in a different mix of products than its print readers. Do you look for the same or different types of reviews in our print and web products?