Ask The Chefs: What Would You Ask of Academic Publishing Santa
To close out 2025, we asked the Chefs: What would you ask for from Academic Publishing Santa?
Reasons To Be Thankful: 50 Years of Patti Smith’s Horses
We’re off for the Thanksgiving holiday. In what seems like a difficult year in which to be thankful, there’s still joy to be had.
Preserving Human Ingenuity for a Future Planet Ruled By Octopuses
An engineer and musician teaches an octopus to play the piano.
Baby Tardigrades!
For your Friday viewing pleasure, the birth of a tardigrade.
Kitchen is Closed for US Labor Day
The Chefs are now off for the US Labor Day Holiday, enjoying the last official getaway for summer.
The Best Optical Illusions of 2024
A good crop of optical illusions win the 2024 contest from the Neural Correlate Society.
A Tradition Like No Other: The Minnesota State High School All Hockey Hair Team
A spectacular crop of lettuce at this year’s edition of the traditional mullet spotting competition.
The Rules No Longer Apply: Octopus Edition
As if our world wasn’t already going crazy, now octopi apparently have shells.
Good Good Boy Alert: The Dogs of 2024
Before the chaos of 2025 really kicks in, luxuriate in the dogs of 2024.
The Important Questions of Our Time — What if….
As we enter the bleak months of winter, now is the time to ponder the really important questions, like, what would happen if every person on earth shined a laser pointer on the moon?
Scary Times for Research Journals
A new launch suggests that the death of the research journal might not mean their end….
The Chemistry of American Cheese
What exactly is American Cheese, and what can chemistry tells us about why it melts so much better than other types of cheeses?
Summer Break 2024
We’re taking the rest of the week off, and today I leave you with an obscure musical delight from the late 1900s.
What Color is the Sun?
Quick, without looking, what color is the sun? Would you believe it’s green? Also, please don’t look directly at the sun.
Missing the Obvious
The 2021 Illusion of the Year from the Neural Correlate Society. Can you spot what’s out of place?