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Better Than News

Beyond Plausible

  • VaderU Kids is an online university for Sith children.

    VaderU Kids is an online university for Sith children.

  • Matrix of Theseus is a 1999 dystopian science fiction philosophy lecture narrated by Keanu Reeves.

    Matrix of Theseus is a 1999 dystopian science fiction philosophy lecture narrated by Keanu Reeves.

  • Astaire is Born is a 1937 American Technicolor romantic dance film about an aspiring young modern dancer (Fred Astaire) and the troubled older dancer (Vaslav Nijinsky) who helps launch his career.

    Astaire is Born is a 1937 American Technicolor romantic dance film about an aspiring young modern dancer (Fred Astaire) and the troubled older dancer (Vaslav Nijinsky) who helps launch his career.

In Other Words

  • Cuja is an American dog misgendering horror film based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King.

    Cuja is an American dog misgendering horror film based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King.

Are You Sure

... that organic chemist August Kekulé discovered the chemical structure of benzene during a dream?

... singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged math criminal Skip Digits donated all proceeds from his hit song Klepsydra to the Institute for the Prevention of Crimes Against Mathematical Constants?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 100 BC: Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar born. He will play a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

    100 BC: Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar born. He will play a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

  • 1527: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer John Dee born. He will achieve high status as a scholar and play a role in Elizabethan politics.

    1527: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer John Dee born. He will achieve high status as a scholar and play a role in Elizabethan politics.

  • 1896: Organic chemist Friedrich August Kekulé dies. From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists in Europe, especially in theoretical chemistry. He was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure.

    1896: Organic chemist Friedrich August Kekulé dies. From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists in Europe, especially in theoretical chemistry. He was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure.

  • 1956: John McCarthy (Dartmouth College), Marvin Minsky (MIT), Claude Shannon (Bell Labs), and Nathaniel Rochester (IBM) assemble the first coordinated research meeting on the topic of "Artificial intelligence" at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. USA.

    1956: John McCarthy (Dartmouth College), Marvin Minsky (MIT), Claude Shannon (Bell Labs), and Nathaniel Rochester (IBM) assemble the first coordinated research meeting on the topic of "Artificial intelligence" at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. USA.

  • 1972: Signed first edition of Skip Digits, Conductor sells for one million dollars; House Democrats say money trail leads to Richard Nixon.

    1972: Signed first edition of Skip Digits, Conductor sells for one million dollars; House Democrats say money trail leads to Richard Nixon.

  • 1973: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the "Nixon tapes" to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break-in.

    1973: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the "Nixon tapes" to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break-in.

  • 1974: Mathematician and crime-fighter Hilary Putnam publishes his landmark paper arguing that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical", and that we should beware the possibility of "quasi-empirical crimes".

    1974: Mathematician and crime-fighter Hilary Putnam publishes his landmark paper arguing that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical", and that we should beware the possibility of "quasi-empirical crimes".

Topic of the Day

Automobiles

  • This Is Panel Truck is a documentary film about the history of panel trucks narrated by the fictional English heavy metal band Spinal Tap.

    This Is Panel Truck is a documentary film about the history of panel trucks narrated by the fictional English heavy metal band Spinal Tap.

  • "Me and My Pierce-Arrow" is a song written and recorded by non-Euclidean singer-songwriter Sly Harrowed Innards for his 1970 album Poet Hint?

    "Me and My Pierce-Arrow" is a song written and recorded by non-Euclidean singer-songwriter Sly Harrowed Innards for his 1970 album Poet Hint?

  • Apes With Car Keys is a short documentary film about human evolution.

    Apes With Car Keys is a short documentary film about human evolution.

  • "The Commuters forgot one thing ... Traffic, John! Traffic from the Id—!!

    "The Commuters forgot one thing ... Traffic, John! Traffic from the Id—!!

  • Bobby Fun-Trucker is a 1977 American science fiction teensploitation film about a boy who can transform himself into a Chevy van. Co-starring Danny DeVito as Martini.

    Bobby Fun-Trucker is a 1977 American science fiction teensploitation film about a boy who can transform himself into a Chevy van. Co-starring Danny DeVito as Martini.

  • "Hardest Auto Fetish Fun" is an anagram of "The Fast and the Furious".

    "Hardest Auto Fetish Fun" is an anagram of "The Fast and the Furious".

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