A new Monroe Doctrine; the Chatham Coloured All-Stars, the first all-Black team to win the Ontario baseball championship; what mudlarkers do that a trained archeologist cannot; ‘accidental activist' ...
Prior to the strikes, the US-Venezuela confrontation resembled a classic game of chicken. In this two-player game, both parties drive toward each other at high speed; the first to swerve loses face ...
“Do you think he’d actually want something serious?” my roommate asked, searching my face for the confirmation of what she really hoped but wouldn’t admit: Yes, he does. I am more cynical than she is, ...
A few weeks ago fellow FNAF theorist ‪@HyperDroid‬ made a video claiming to have SOLVED the infamous Foxy Grid from the Security Logbook. Since then the FNAF community has come together in general ...
Inoculation theory has everything to do with making a belief or attitude resistant to influence, and very little to do with vaccines. So, please, keep your tinfoil hats in the wardrobe. This social ...
Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...
Pregnancy has long been framed as an evolutionary tug-of-war. The fetus presses for resources, while the mother mounts defenses to limit invasive placentation. A new study in PNAS challenges that view ...
What if I told you that social media isn’t just a chaotic swirl of memes, trends, and endless scrolling, but a carefully orchestrated battlefield where every post, like, and share is part of a larger ...
Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...
In this video, MatPat reacts to WatchMojo’s Top 10 Best Game Theorists Videos and gives his take on what truly makes a great game theory. From the earliest classics to some of the most mind-blowing ...
Some sci-fi scenarios depict robots as cold-hearted clankers eager to manipulate human stooges. But that’s not the only possible path for artificial intelligence. Humans have evolved emotions like ...
Looking at my bookshelf, I’m stricken with guilt: the collected Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle have been sitting untouched for years. Unfortunately, I never got past the fantastic ...