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The Cats of Hermitage
The unsung heroes of the St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum are none other than a team - nay, army - of cats. The museum’s collection was...
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- Oct 10, 2020
- 2 min
Good Flag Bad Flag
Roman Mars, the host of 99% Invisible (a fantastic podcast) is particularly passionate about flags. He even gave a TED Talk on the...
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- Oct 3, 2020
- 2 min
YKK
In 1851, the inventor of the sewing machine - Elias Howe, Jr. - patented the Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure device. AKA, the...
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- Aug 22, 2020
- 2 min
The Acoustic Equation
When it's safe to visit large indoor spaces again, we encourage you to pay attention to the acoustics. Like us, you probably take it for...
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- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Golden Ratio
The natural world can appear beautifully spontaneous and unpredictable, but there's often method to the madness. The Golden Ratio...
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- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
Poet's corner
Two things are certain - history repeats itself and humans love a good poem. So you can imagine our delight when we stumbled upon these...
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- Jul 25, 2020
- 1 min
Farming Furniture
We’ve always been told that money doesn’t grow on trees, but could furniture? One couple in the UK is testing this adage by doing just...
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- Jul 18, 2020
- 1 min
Growing Colors
In 2019, scientists at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) developed the blackest pigment on record - ten times darker than the...
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- Jul 4, 2020
- 1 min
The Baby Eater of Bern
Nestled in Switzerland’s capital city of Bern sits a statue of an ogre eating a bag full of babies. Wait, what? The nearly 500-year-old...