Tales of the boy, the blonde, the brunette, and the baby
December 3, 2014

The Nightmare Navigating Coxwain

The Old English term coxswain literally means boat servant. One of the primary functions of a coxswain is to keep the vessel and its occupants safe towards a destination. In order to do this effectively, the coxswain must control ... Keep Reading

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October 5, 2014

The Riding Hood Hypothesis

In 2007, British researcher Anya Hurlbert conducted a nature-nurture study on the influence of culture and biology as it pertains to color spectrum preference. She entered the study with the bias that color identification for ... Keep Reading

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September 17, 2014

The Melodious Bridge Revelation

Albert Einstein once said, “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” Within the language of music there is an element called ... Keep Reading

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August 30, 2014

Schrödinger’s Cat Goes Back to School

In 1935 Erwin Schrödinger made his most widely known contribution to the field of quantum physics: the Schrödinger’s cat mind experiment. The hypothetical experiment placed a radioactive sample, a Geiger counter, a bottle of ... Keep Reading

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August 24, 2014

The Medical Mystery Minimization

In 1944 Anthony E. Platt, an English musician, applied for a patent for a mystery themed board game, originally named “Murder!” The game was later renamed Clue upon its distribution in the United States in 1949. The ... Keep Reading

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July 20, 2014

The Changeling Destabilization Transformation

In 1889 William Butler Yeates wrote one of his more notable poems, The Stolen Child, based upon the Irish legend of the changeling. The poem contains this haunting refrain repeated at the close of each stanza, “Come away, O human ... Keep Reading

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July 6, 2014

The Dr Seuss Inquisition Anticipation

Theodor Seuss Geisel, American writer, poet and cartoonist is best known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss. During his lifetime, Geisel published 46 children’s books, and was characterized by his imaginative characters and ... Keep Reading

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June 24, 2014

The Deuteragonist Perceptionist

Within the whole of Greek literature, the terms protagonist and antagonist are amongst the most well known when analyzing the role of characters within a story. Ingrained within the human condition, there seems to be a desire to ... Keep Reading

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June 12, 2014

The Fatherhood Extrapolation

In mathematics, extrapolation is the process of estimating, beyond the original observation range, the value of a variable on the basis of its relationship with another variable. This term can also be applied to human interaction ... Keep Reading

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June 3, 2014

The Bicycle Recombination Consternation

Genetic Recombination is a naturally occurring process of meiosis where two DNA molecules, during their exchange of information, produce new cells with unique genetic material not present in either of the original parent cells. By ... Keep Reading

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May 27, 2014

The Social Imagination Amalgamation

In 1959, American Sociologist Charles Wright Mills introduced a form of insight known as “social imagination.” To be deemed a person possessing social imagination, one must have the unique ability to view the world through ... Keep Reading

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May 14, 2014

The Sisterhood Quantum Entanglement

Quantum entanglement is the name given by Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen to the interaction between groups or pairs of quantum systems in something they referred to the EPR Paradox. Within the quantum state, the ... Keep Reading

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May 9, 2014

The Sun Tzu Intervention

The Art of War by Sun Tzu is perhaps the most definitive work of military strategy and tactics ever written. Tucked within its 13 chapters, the Chinese General covers a range of topics for engaging an adversary, altering tactics, ... Keep Reading

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May 5, 2014

The Pancake Cooperation Catalyst

The olfactory nerve is located very close to the amygdala, the area of the brain that is connected to the experience of emotion as well as emotional memory. The actual ability to smell is therefore highly linked to memory. The ... Keep Reading

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April 30, 2014

The Singing in the Rain Conundrum

Conundrum is defined as a confusing or difficult problem or question. Additionally it’s described as a riddle who’s answer is or involves a pun. For the last two days it has quite literally poured. Rain is one of those ... Keep Reading

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