A study published nearly 20 years ago found that attractive children and adults were not only judged more positively than + more
A study published nearly 20 years ago found that attractive children and adults were not only judged more positively than + more
When I was a kid, my stepdad kept a spinthariscope in his sock drawer.* And every once in a while + more
Sorry, but there’s no such thing as a photographic memory, you can’t learn while you sleep, and multi-tasking is impossible. + more
After studying several instances of what we now call “spontaneous human combustion,” French agronomist Pierre-Aimé Lair (1769-1853) discovered that most + more
I’m out early tomorrow, so here’s an assignment and a recommendation, in that order: Caitrin Keiper’s “Do Elephants Have Souls?” + more
Remember that post I wrote three years ago about Irv Teibel and his Environments records? Of course you do. As + more
from THE MOWER Philip Larkin The first day after a death, the new absence Is always the same; we should + more
I don’t normally post on Wednesdays.* But today’s special. First, there’s, um…this. Celebrate accordingly. It’s also Keith Jarrett’s birthday. One + more
Did you know that Theodor Geisel took his pen name – Dr. Seuss – from his mother’s maiden name? Neither + more
For Deadheads only: Robert Hunter, The Giant’s Harp, and a Terrapin multiverse? Just because: A stacked bar chart of the + more
“We are, all of us, office babies,” writes Madeleine Aggeler, “and exclamation points are the written equivalent of child-proof bumper + more
AI-generated jazz? It’s apparently a thing now: DeepJazz is a 2016 project by Princeton computer science student Ji-Sung Kim that spews + more
This is for all you graphic designers out there. Truman Capote, in a 1968 Playboy interview: “I’ve never known anybody altogether + more
Good news for all you minions of Mephistopheles (Beelzebub believers? Lucifer lovers? Beasts of Baphomet?): The IRS has granted tax-exempt + more