Patrick may have been a saint, but he didn’t drive the snakes out of Ireland. For that, you can thank the Ice Age.
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The U.N. Environment Program has determined that glaciers are melting at record pace. India could be particularly affected, since glaciers feed its rivers.
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What happens when a students enters a women’s college, and then becomes a man? Women’s colleges are more accommodating to transgendered people than you might expect.
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Modern products inserted into vintage advertising. I loved Mr. Nokia’s patent mobile telephonic communicator (with MP3 gramophone).
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Shape-Shifting Robot Forms From Magnetic Swarm. It’s like real-world Transformers!
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New “green” housing technologies have been in existence for centuries. Take a tour of a surviving 19th-century sod house.
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How to talk like a physicist. The comments are full of further tips.
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A few myths about health are busted. Because Mom didn’t always know best.