The Fundamental Rule of School Breaks
The semester is just long enough for me to always forget this very important lesson before the next break comes along.
Multimedia
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Vacuum Baubles
For anyone that actually gets this technical reference, I salute you. Nothing like making people work hard to understand a comic during the holidays!
Inverse Square Law
“Oh yeah, the amount of energy I have in a day follows an inverse-square law. I mean, clearly this must be true!†(Other physicist) “Now that I think about it, I do seem to be four times as tired when I’m twice as far into my day…â€
#545 Where Have All the Antibiotics Gone?
Antibiotics. You know the drill. You get a bacterial infection, you get an antibiotic, and a few days or a week later, you're all better. But these days, that idyll is under threat as bacteria evolve to work around our drugs. So... where are the new, better antibiotics? Well, it's time to follow the money. We speak with David Shlaes about how the antibiotic drug pipeline works and why it's drying up. And we'll speak…
Contrived
I’ve been knee-deep into a problem before, only to throw up my hands and curse my professor for something that is clearly meant to keep us occupied (and serves no greater purpose).
Audiobook Presentation
Wrong Preparation
This is one of the most frustrating experiences you can have in school. You spend all this time studying and - suprise! - you weren’t looking at the right material.
#544 Prosperity Without Growth
The societies we live in are organised around growth, objects, and driving forward a constantly expanding economy as benchmarks of success and prosperity. But this growing consumption at all costs is at odds with our understanding of what our planet can support. How do we lower the environmental impact of economic activity? How do we redefine success and prosperity separate from GDP, which politicians and governments have focused on for decades? We speak with ecological…
Luxury of Worrying
Test Results
Not pictured: biting nails, pacing back and forth, and obsessively checking their school’s online site to see if the teacher posted grades.
