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In Other News, the Sun Will Rise in the East Tomorrow

File this story under “Duh.” The European Chess Union, in what surely is a calculated response to this stunning turn + more

Yay! Math!

It’s somehow fitting that today, Pi Day (3.14—get it?), we write our 400th blog post. Why? Because 400 is both + more

Spokane Scene

Shot with an iPhone the evening of Friday, March 9, from the alley between Second and Third Avenues, just east + more

The Economics of Shattered iPhones

Here’s a welcome dose of common sense regarding phone protection. Best line: “Our fear drives us to insane lengths to + more

Next Up: Drinkable Cocaine

We’re a little late to this story. Apparently, the AeroShot has been on college campuses (where else?) since January. And + more

Weekend Reading

What do fact-checkers and anesthesiologists have in common? It’s not a joke. David Zweig explains. In a rather long (11,000 + more

A Site Worth Bookmarking

The good news: the New York Times is sharing its photography archive via a Tumblr page called “The Lively Morgue.” + more

Science!

“In general, 55 percent of people think it’s OK to talk on the phone while on the toilet. But among + more

Fact.

There’s only one thing wrong with this story: the words “against all reason.” Based on the voting numbers so far, + more

Useful Information

A heat map of metal bands per 100,000 people. That is all.

Americana!

I always thought that if one truly were interested in multiculturalism (as in the actual meaning of the word, not + more

Is There a Kosher Version?

From the “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” files comes this story of Dutch scientists, bovine stem cells, and lab-grown animal + more

On the GRAMMYs and the Wretched State of Music in America

I’ve heard it said somewhere that the GRAMMYs are nothing more than a celebration of music for people who don’t + more

Come on, Everyone—You Know the Words

If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to Why don’t you go where fashion sits…  

Monday Diversion

It’s Peter Gabriel’s birthday today. He’s 62. So we’re going to listen to him sing and play piano on “Here + more

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