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Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other

On the one hand, 61 percent of Americans reported undesired weight gain during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Check out the average + more

Just a Puff Between Your Cheek and…Cheek

The practice of smoke enemas—something that “early modern Europeans in particular took up with a surprising degree of enthusiasm”—was apparently + more

One of the Greats

Somebody check the temperature in Hell. Rolling Stone has actually published something worth reading: For a brief moment in the + more

Curmudgeonly Post of the Week

In an article about my favorite record label over at City Journal, Ted Gioia closes with an astute observation about + more

Miscellany

In the 1930s, the USSR began building hundreds of lighthouses along its 3,500-mile arctic coastline. Eventually, neither keepers nor electricity + more

Preach, Sister!

More than five years have passed since Sandy Hingston spoke truth to power: Daylight Saving Time is killing us. It increases + more

And You Thought We Were the Advanced Species

Dr. Robert J. White: “Someday, God willing, medical technology will have sufficiently advanced—and the line between research and ethics appropriately + more

Lock Your Doors and Hide Your Daughters

I’m not entirely sure what sort of incantation is required to change the molecular structure of stone—or whether the boulders + more

Quote of the Day

This seems particularly appropriate for the last weekend in February (the worst of all the months, it’s only redeeming feature + more

Timewaster

Behold the Theremix—a “cross-platform virtual theremin” created in celebration of the 100th anniversary of  Léon Theremin’s invention. Best part about + more

Math Is Beautiful

81 is the only number* that is the square of the sum of its digits: (8 + 1)^2 = 81. + more

No Book for You!

Call me naive, but I certainly didn’t see this coming: Little Free Libraries are apparently a Bad Thing™—and the critique + more

Beeps and Boops

Usually, when I come across a story that purports to show how an underrepresented group was really responsible for the + more

The Scientific Mind at Work

In 1838, then-29-year-old Charles Darwin prepared a list of pros and cons around the question of marriage. On the plus + more

God Bless Twitter

Social media isn’t entirely terrible. If you can manage to steer clear of political tribalism and its associated posturing and + more

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