The woman was Bobbie Sue Hill. Nearly a decade before this conversation, kids had stumbled upon her body in a creek bed under a bridge, less than a mile from Driskill’s home. Investigators pieced together that she was a 29-year-old… Read More ›
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‘Impossible’ mathematics problem cracked
The mathematics problem is a bit like Sudoku on steroids. It’s called Euler’s officer problem, after Leonhard Euler, the mathematician who first proposed it in 1779. Here’s the puzzle: You’re commanding an army with six regiments. Each regiment contains six… Read More ›
The sixth mass extinction may have already started
Over the past 450 million years, life on Earth has been devastated by at least five mass extinctions, which are typically defined as catastrophes that wipe out more than 75 percent of species in a short amount of time. Many… Read More ›
When you attack the BBC, the NHS and the Queen you are not patriotic, and you will lose
‘One day, we’ll have a PM who isn’t a monstrous arse. There won’t be knighthoods for failure. The Culture Secretary won’t be a vain moron. The Home Secretary won’t be a dullwitted bully. The govt won’t need to be under… Read More ›
You can’t replace the feel of turning a real page
That trend undermines the tech companies’ seductive promises that apps and platforms will always and inevitably eclipse physical objects. The unexpected triumph of printed books – partly a result of their enhanced design values – proves that not all upgrades… Read More ›
Why is the bar so low for men?
No shade at all to Christensen for sharing the content in question. She’s a regular gym goer and has probably had plenty of experience of men staring, making comments, offering unsolicited advice, invading her space and generally making her feel… Read More ›
The “Lizard Brain”
You’ve heard of the so-called “Lizard Brain”, haven’t you? The “Lizard Brain” is the popular term used for the limbic system inside our brains. While this system is just one part of the human brain, and it’s about all a… Read More ›
There is only hope when you accept there is no end game
I have been reading a book called End State: 9 Ways Society Is Broken – And How We Can Fix It by James Plunkett which is hugely enlightening and which has made me think about what is happening today, and… Read More ›
The fuse is blowing
One thing that’s hard to grasp about the climate crisis is that big changes can happen fast. In 2019, I was aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer, a 308-foot-long scientific research vessel, cruising in front of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica…. Read More ›
Bringing excitement back to the smartphone
The iPhone 13 gets closest to that kind of emotional payoff of increased satisfaction with its battery life, which is so strong it has banished battery anxiety from my daily routine – even on the now-rare days I bounce between… Read More ›
