The team at periodicvideos.com has made it a point to bring the wonders of chemistry to a wider audience, creating an accompanying video about each element on the periodic table. One of their most recent videos however, crosses the mountainous barrier that separate hard science from pure common sense. Here is the concept: what happens when you dissolve a McDonald’s Cheeseburger […]
Mark Zuckerberg Founded Facebook and we’re all on Facebook. If you’re not, just pretend for a second, ok? It’s such a powerful tool – yet – so few of us actually use the site to its full potential. With the ability to contact almost any living person with the click of a button, you could […]
To celebrate 75 years of frozen deliciousness, Dairy Queen is handing out small ice cream cones at participating DQ and DQ Grill & Chill locations today. Guests can receive a small vanilla soft-serve cone and also have the opportunity to donate to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, an organization that raises money to improve the […]
Tuesday is St. Patrick’s Day, and Cleveland will be in the spotlight, celebrating all things Irish. Parades and parties honoring Irish culture and one of Ireland’s patron saints will be on tap along with a pint or two. It’s the day of the year when everything goes green — clothes, rivers and maybe even beer […]
For thousands of people in the United States alone, falling asleep and staying asleep is a huge problem. You wouldn’t think that something natural could be so challenging, but the National Institutes of Health estimates that “roughly 30 percent of the general population complains of sleep disruption, and approximately 10 percent have associated symptoms of daytime functional impairment consistent with the diagnosis […]
Picking favorites in the NCAA tournament is the smart play, but what makes March Madness great is the upsets and Cinderella teams who pull off something special. And let’s not forget the bragging rights that come with correctly predicting an upset in your own bracket pool. We can be reasonably sure an early upset won’t […]
The arrest of Robert Durst, a wealthy eccentric linked to two killings and his wife’s disappearance, preceded Sunday night’s finale of a TV show about Durst’s life in which he said he “killed them all.” Durst was arrested on a murder warrant Saturday — a day before the finale of an HBO serial documentary about […]
Who knew March was so festive? First, we had Pi Day on March 14, and now the Ides of March follows right behind it today, March 15. However, the Ides of March aren’t really something to celebrate. In fact, people may even greet you on this day by saying, “Beware the Ides of March.” That […]
Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. Pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits beyond its decimal point. […]