Today's Tidbit: Tunisian Ants Don't Need a GPS to Return Home
There are ants in Tunisia that are roughly a few millimeters long. They leave their nests and find food sources by smelling them.
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Today's Tidbit: To Be a Tiger Mom or Not to Be...
Asian Americans comprise 4% of the American population, but account for 25% of the students at top universities.
Today's Tidbit: Americans Spent More Time Watching TV Ads Than It Took to Build Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an astonishing resource that provides an enormous amount of information to billions of users.
Today's Tidbit: More Is Less
There are two sets of baseball cards: A = Contains 7 top players.
Today's Tidbit: People Like Pain More Than Pleasure
There is a ton of evidence that people find a loss from whatever their reference point is more painful than they find pleasure in a gain of the same magnitude.
Today's Tidbit: Stay Off the Twinkies and Become a Better Person
Remember Dan White's "Twinkie defense" in 1979? Well it turns out that the the ability to convert food into glucose is correlated with the ability to control oneself.
Today's Tidbit: If You Like It Hot and Dry Outside, Eat Meat
It takes roughly 500 gallons of water to produce a quarter pound hamburger, and in the process, approximately six pounds of greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere.
Today's Tidbit: Want Bigger Tips? Draw Eyes on Your Tip Jar
In an office area, there is a coffee machine and a jar in which people are asked to put voluntary contributions for the coffee they consume.
Today's Tidbit: Proper Penmanship and Prose Will Make You More Trustworthy
People were shown a bunch of writing purporting to make various claims about facts about the world, then were asked later which facts they believed.
How To: Become a Better Instagrammer
Giveaway Tuesdays has officially ended! But don't sweat it, WonderHowTo has another World that's taken its place. Every Tuesday, Phone Snap! invites you to show off your cell phone photography skills.
News: Welcome! Click Here to Learn What Pizza Perfect Is All About
Welcome to Pizza Perfect. I'm a novice pizza maker with one goal: to master the art of the homemade crust. The cheese (fresh mozzarella), the sauce (endless options or super basic), and the toppings (the sky is the limit) are all easy. But the crust I've found to be somewhat elusive.
Gossip Illustrated: Anna "Devil" Wintour Smeared With Ink and Wit
Illustrator Lisa Hanawalt innovates the typical gossip rag by rendering wicked rumors of Devil Wears Prada villain Anna Wintour as clever cartoon drawings. Though akin to political cartoons, the result is more US Magazine (if US was prettier to look at). As usual, Wintour is depicted as soulless (and to think, she supposedly bedded Bob Marley!).
News: Look! A Diamond the Size of the Moon!
Lucy, whose real name is BPM 37093, is a diamond roughly the size of our moon. At around 4000 kilometers in diameter (2,485 miles), Lucy is estimated to be around 10 billion trillion trillion carats. A billion trillion trillion? x 10? It's easier to imagine dividing by zero than to put this ridiculous number into perspective.
Today's Tidbit: To Find Inner Peace Free from Self-Nagging, Make a Plan
Obviously, it's evolutionarily advantageous for us to remind ourselves of tasks we have yet to finish, and experimentally it has long been observed that unmet goals keep popping into people's minds.
Today's Tidbit: Lower Social Status = Weaker Immune System
Scientists are able to control hierarchy in rhesus macaques. They do this by introducing monkeys into groups one at a time, and at least initially the monkeys that are introduced first have higher status.
Today's Tidbit: Altruism Doesn't Necessarily Mean Being Selfless
Altruism was first explained as kin selection: "I would lay down my life for two brothers or eight cousins", as J.B.S. Haldane put it.
Today's Tidbit: Why Women Choose Men for Material Wealth
A vast number of studies ranging across time, continents, cultures, political systems, and religions show that when evaluating potential mates, women place significantly greater emphasis than men on material wealth, and that men tend to both display and exaggerate their financial status and prospects when around women.
Today's Tidbit: How to Use Science to Improve Your Pet's Self-Control
The connection between self-control and glucose is not unique to humans. A bunch of trained dogs were divided into two groups. One group was instructed to sit and stay for 10 minutes. Dogs in the other group could run around and do whatever they wanted.
Today's Tidbit: Ethicists Have No Ethics
There are these people called "ethicists" or "moral philosophers". They make their livings by thinking about what is right and wrong and how to live a moral life. Does all this thinking get them anywhere?
How To: Fix the Apple TV 5.1.1 Update Bug
Last week, an update was released for second- and third-generation Apple TVs. The update included stability and performance improvements along with support for the Up Next feature in iTunes 11. A lot of users have been reporting issues upgrading, saying that the update failed or, in some cases, that their Apple TV refuses to boot after trying to install the update. Luckily, it looks like the solution is rather simple. TidBITS found that the Ethernet update is the problem. All you have to do i...
Today's Tidbit: If You Want to Live Longer, Get a Rocketship
According to special relativity, if a twin leaves earth in a high-speed rocket, goes out into space, and then returns to earth, he will return younger than his twin who stays home.
Today's Tidbit: Politicians Never Forget a Face, Just Like Fuscatus Wasps
Constructive social interaction depends upon recognizing those one is interacting with. Not surprisingly, then, we have a section of our cortex devoted to facial recognition. But we're not the only ones.
Today's Tidbit: Want to Be Happier? Don't Eat Junk Food
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that motivates us to engage in rewarding activities such as eating and sex. Animals without dopamine stop eating and starve to death.
How To: Convert an image to sepia toning in Photoshop
This clear tutorial will explain how the sepia toning technique works and how to nondestructively convert a grayscale or black and white image to a sepia toned image. For the archivist in all of us, you'll have historical looking pictures in no time! Convert an image to sepia toning in Photoshop.
How To: Perform basic Quickstep steps as a follower
This video demonstrates the basic steps for the quickstep follower. Quickstep is a lively dance from the 20's that developed from the fox trot and the Charleston. The follower steps are explained in detail as well as some historical information and dress. Perform basic Quickstep steps as a follower.
How To: Perform international Waltz with proper etiquette
Videojug teams up with Martin, an international ballroom dance performing and educator to explain the do's and don'ts of international waltz dance. Some historical points are discussed briefly, then it the videos moves on to explain: dress, position, facial expression and more. Perform international Waltz with proper etiquette.
Explore Ancient France: Quimper
Visit the charming historical town of Quimper in Northwestern France. Enjoy ancient architecture, cobblestone streets, a stunning cathedral, and world-famous crepes..
How To: How to throw a medieval pot
Watch this Medieval pottery demonstration by Jim Newboult of Trinity Court Potteries at an English Heritage Living History event at Kenilworth Castle. This pottery wheel is not a kick wheel. It's an incredibly silent hand powered pottery wheel. This ceramics demonstration will show you how to throw a lovely clay pot on any wheel. Learn how it's done traditionally at a historical Medieval fair. How to throw a medieval pot.
News: Exquisitely Painted Earthly Minerals
Carly Waito's beautifully rendered oil paintings of minerals totally inspire me to pick up a brush and start painting.
News: Repair the World One (LEGO) Brick at a Time
Jan Vorman has installed quick LEGO-fixes all over the world - from Italy to Germany to Israel to Holland.
News: Friday Indie Game Review Roundup: Giant Chilean Rocks and Depressing New Englanders
It's been a busy week here at Indie Games Ichiban, between attending PAX and breaking news stories about Stabyourself and Playdead Studios, that there's been relatively little time for some honest, good old-fashioned game playing. But time was made and here are two excellent indie games of varying age and platform with two very different themes.
News: Friday Indie Game Review Roundup: Hoard, Jamestown and Toy Soldiers 2
This week's roundup features three games that I've either never bothered to play, was unable to play due to PC technical limitations, or haven't played because they've just been released. None of these three games cost more than $15.
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: FRONDEUR
FRONDEUR 62 points (12 points without the bingo) Definition: a rebel [n]
News: Polish Artist Recycles 300 Dead Computers into Giant Installation
Electronic waste (or e-waste) is becoming a bigger and bigger problem thanks to the rapid growth of technology. In 2009, the United States produced 3.19 million tons of e-waste in the form of cell phones and computers. It's estimated that 2.59 million tons went into landfills and incinerators with only 600,000 tons actually being recycled or exported. Recycling programs just aren't cutting it, so what's the next best thing? Art.
News: Video Game Landscape Brought to Life: A Real World Tour of "Fallout: New Vegas"
Following in the footsteps of great historical figures is a great way to learn about them. Michael Wood famously did so in the 1980's for his PBS documentary and book In The Footsteps of Alexander The Great. This March, UK-based marketing director Chris Worth completed a similar endeavor—not by tracing the path of a real-life emperor or explorer, but a humble video game character. One known simply as "The Courier".
A Beautiful Death: 1,000 Melting Icemen
First, I have to apologize—this is really old news. But when it comes to Nele Azevedo's Minimum Monument project, it's well worth digging into the archives. It's one of the most amazing street art installations I've ever seen.
Friday Fresh: Prank Your Friends Into Licking Kangaroo Gonads & More
Every day of the week, WonderHowTo curators are hard at work, scouring the web for the greatest and most inspiring how-to videos. Every Friday, we'll highlight our favorite finds.
News: The Alternate History of Steampunk: Rococopunk
Imagine a world where the Rococo period never ended, and it had a lovechild with Sid Vicious. Sounds unlikely? Well, it is. Still, historical accuracy wasn't the goal for this motley group of costumers.
How To: Beat Mass Effect 2 on the PlayStation 3
Mass Effect 2 may have been around for a whole year... but not on the PlayStation 3. And last Tuesday, January 18th, PS3 gamers finally got their hands on a copy of the critically acclaimed RPG. Actually, this is the first time any Mass Effect game has been available on the PS3, making this a historical event for BioWare.
Explore Ancient France: Locronan
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