UPDATE: Eyes of Wood, Hands of Stone, Heart of Paper. The other night, a good friend was visiting and she suggested we pass the time playing Go. I own a board, but I don't recall ever playing with it. We got the board out and she started to explain how to play. I love games, so you would expect that…

What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? - Ellen McManis Let’s set aside the question of how we got the baseball moving that fast. We'll suppose it's a normal pitch, except in the instant the pitcher releases the ball, it magically accelerates to 0.9c. From…

Image: a drone bee digitally enhanced from an illustration book. BIRDS AND BEES Before they were raining down from a great height‡ ‡ Off with his head, man . as self-contained guillotines in aerial suspension, they had a noncombatant history. Archytus, the founder of mathematical mechanics, sent The…

Am I the only one who’s just ever so slightly creeped out by this song? I’ve been putting off writing about male-to-female compliments because, quite honestly, it’s touchy. I crave hearing compliments within my relationships, but I also know that when I’ve gotten them, I still feel dissatisfied. In…

To a tween Remember that time you went to see Justin Bieber sing at the mall? After he was done there were, like, ten thousand screaming fans trying to reach out and touch him. He and his entourage took twenty-five minutes to get from the American Eagle Outfitters to the exit by the Bavarian Pretzel…

Periodically, some famous politician, athlete, or entertainer gets caught with his or her pants down, damaging or even destroying their reputation, livelihood, and marriage. Within hours, my email starts buzzing, as media vultures circle the fresh carcass and want my expert opinion: Is Tiger Woods a…

Corporal Jim Brown is guilty of some seriously bad judgment, but then he’s not the only one. And frankly I’m not convinced he’s guilty of anything else. You’ve probably already heard or read the news, and if not the story is linked to below. I’m not here to talk about the story so much as to talk…

At midnight tonight I will stop reading. I’m abandoning one of my “top 5” cultural innovations of all time in order to rest my eyes (yes, sliced bread, you’re still at the top of the list). You might be saying, “Harry, why would you try something like this? Giving up something that enriches our…

Summary: After five years of deliberation, I have finally decided to change my name from Jeremy Baker Hubert to Jeremy Hubert Baker. Tara is so awesome that she will be taking the Baker last name as well. :) Some history of my father and the Hubert name As a few people know, my dad was adopted and…

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OLIVER WANG on the Jeremy Lin phenomenon.Day 1, February 4th: Going into this night’s game, both the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets are sub.-500, their seasons already foundering in failed expectations. In New York especially, all the focus is on football, since the local Giants are on the eve…