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- If you have two steaks, one that's an inch thick, one that's 2 inches thick, how much longer does the thicker one need to cook?…
- Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.
- Nobody wants a prediction that the future will be more or less like the present, even if that is, statistically speaking, an excellent prediction.
- Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in…
- I've been on a team that won the world championship of barbecue. But barbecue's interesting, because it's one of these cult foods like chili, or…
- Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you…
- People who grow up in a region doubtless have a better cultural awareness of their own cuisine, but it's also true that a lot of…
- Politicians don't like to face unpleasant realities. In truth, nobody does, but as individuals, we have no choice; if we neglect to plan ahead, we…
- Suppose that 'Unsolved Mysteries' called you with news of a long-lost identical twin. Would that suddenly make you less of a person, less of an…
- The first thing that is not obvious to people is global warming is a less-than-1% effect. It's like being shortchanged at the bank by a…
- The techniques of being an Internet visionary are just like those of lower-tech fortunetellers through the ages. A technological visionary must tell people what they…
- There is a one-in-300 chance that Earth will be struck on March 16, 2880, by an asteroid large enough to destroy civilization and possibly cause…
- We pay for content that we like, and we like the content we pay for. It's a lot more satisfying to pay $7.50 for Steven…
- The Internet is the ultimate vanity-publishing medium, and therefore, the ultimate place for those of us who like to watch. The Internet can reach an…
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