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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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Nov 8, 20202 min read
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 11, 20202 min read
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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Oct 4, 20202 min read
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 23, 20202 min read
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 16, 20202 min read
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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Aug 2, 20202 min read
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 26, 20201 min read
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 19, 20201 min read
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...
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Jul 5, 20201 min read
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