Op-Ed: 364-Day Calendar Intriguing But Unnecessary
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Brain Candy
Flying Robots Build A Tower Near Paris
()Robots will create new job opportunities in computing, repair and policing. Of course it will be years, maybe generations before they can do what high-rise construction workers do. Something seemingly outlandish just 10 years ago is suddenly demonstrably possible.
My New Year's Is 62 Million Times Bigger Than Yours, Said The Man From Beijing
()Which time zone has the largest New Year's party?
The Wisdom Of Trees (Da Vinci Knew It)
()Leonardo's 500-year-old insight into tree branching has important implications for wind resistance.
Krulwich Wonders...
What A Good (If Slightly Weird) Boy Wants For Christmas()
December 23, 2011 What do you give to someone who lives abnormally? Outside ordinary categories? Here's a short list of gifts that would satisfy somebody like ... oh ... Robert Krulwich.
Krulwich Wonders...
Let's Weigh The Internet (Or Maybe Let's Not)()
December 21, 2011 An e-mail tips the scales at about "two-ten thousandths of a quadrillionth of an ounce." But what the Internet is doesn't matter; what it carries, that matters. Ideas aren't like chairs or tables. They have their own physics. They make their own weight.
Krulwich Wonders...
When Bubbles Get Comfortable()
December 19, 2011 When you think of a bubble, you think of a perfectly round, spherical shape, right? But what happens when you squish bubbles together?
Krulwich Wonders...
Of Bosons And Disappearing Spoons()
December 14, 2011 What do the search for the Higgs boson and the discovery of gallium metal have in common? It's about what we humans do: We look, we think, we build models of what we imagine is out there.
Krulwich Wonders...
Vowels Control Your Brain()
December 8, 2011 We tend to associate certain vowel sounds like "E"s and "I"s with light objects while "O"s and "U"s suggest heavier things. Could there be some evolutionary reason for this?
