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Does Daylight Savings Time Actually Save Energy?

8 Mar 2024

The surefire signs that Spring is just around the corner have started to appear – trees are budding, flowers beginning to bloom and there’s more rain than snow. (Full disclosure – I live in the UK...

Don’t Blame Teething for Most Infant Illnesses

12 Jan 2024

This article was first published in The Skeptical Inquirer....

Kids Don’t Feel Pain from Growing

5 Jan 2024

This article was first published in The Skeptical Inquirer.

Every Christmas, Quirky Science Gets to Shine

22 Dec 2023

What do you call two orthopaedic surgeons reading an electrocardiogram? A double-blind study.

A Houdini Low Point

27 Oct 2023

National Magic Day is celebrated annually on October 31st in memory of Harry Houdini who passed away on that day in 1926.

Dressing to Look a Certain Way: Athletes and Jersey Numbers

12 Sep 2023

Why do athletes choose a certain jersey number? Sometimes it might just be a superstition. Maybe it's their birthday, like Sidney Crosby #87 born on 8/7/87.

A Farmer, Epsom Salt, Moses, and some Sweet Chemistry

6 Sep 2023

In 1618 a farmer in England noticed that he could lead his cows to water but could not make them drink. He tasted the well water himself and realized right away that there was some wisdom to the...

The Dark Side of Black Plastics

17 Aug 2023

I’m sitting here looking around my office for anything made of black plastic. The casing of my computer is in that category, so is my coffee machine, my printer, my cell phone stand, my stapler, a...

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