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Byron White, AKA Whizzer White was an All-American half-back in college and got into the NFL (1938, 1940-1941) He then got into the NFL...

It shows how water faucets evolved over six design iterations, starting with the leaky washer faucets of my youth to faucets that last a...

It's all based on high school math and linear algebra. But most people aren't interested in that, they just want the results.

Very cool. Thanks! What did you think? No math? I'm in!

It is worth checking Cantor out.

It appears one may grow large crystals of any of the metallic elements. This seldom occurs in nature and I suppose it isn't easy...

2023 : Researchers discover why Roman concrete is so durable. It contains little lumps of quicklime. When cracks form in the concrete...

If I had written "composed entirely of an element" then I would have misspoken. Carbon is an element so I say it's included. It's...

Steel bronze and brass are alloys entirely composed of the elements (or so I believe anyway). No rule against mixing them.

Huh, I thought metals had to be made of the elements, not compounds. I thought metals had to be flexible. The dictionaries say...

Aha. So it's the size of the crystals then. Do any metals aside from Bismuth so easily form large crystals like that.

Final Jeopardy questions are much harder than they used to be. So much so that sometimes the winning move is to bet zipkis and hope the...

If you blindfolded me and told me it was Prince I would believe it. And the audience ignores them! Tough being a musician in the...

Orig Amazing cover. The saxist plays very well but the orchestra arrangement is the greatest. It makes me wish I were still in...