Who is: (A.) Venus Williams? B. Venus Williams? Is Venus Williams: (A.) a top-rank tennis player?(B.) a Dartmouth College mathematician?(C.) the author of "The Mathematics Of The Coordinated And Precise Dance That Keeps Us Alive"? (Thanks to investigator Tom Roberts for bringing this to our attention.)
Month: January 2006
Cheese graters ==> seahorse
The artist Jim Opasik for some reason, or in the absence of any, assembled cheese graters into the form of a seahorse. This anti-cheesy creature is on exhibit at COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa, California.
Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich Science Project
Investigator Robert Webb wrote, on May 3, 2005 (though it took us a while to post it here): "I made 16 sandwiches which covered the variables discussed in the November 23, 2004 Slate magazine article, which said: With a winning bid of $28,000, the online casino GoldenPalace.com won the auction for one of eBay’s most […]
Powerful creatures at the watering hole
Investigator Verena Wieloch analyzed an Associate Press photo that appeared in the December 9, 2005 issue of USA Today: I love seeing the FedEx trucks going down to drink at the open water in the winter. Unfortunately, the watering hole is a favorite ambush spot for UPS.