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Methuselah's Lifespan, Measured In Moons

There are many possible explanations for why Biblical time contradicts time as we know it today. One is that years were calculated...

Hank Felsman

Jul 4, 2017

The Virtue of Direct Action

There is a value to direct action, or actually experiencing the things you talk, learn, and read about. Theory, data, numbers, and...

Z Nalywayko

Jun 29, 2017

How Humans Discovered Cooking Before Harnessing Fire

When the ancestors of modern humans left the Serengeti 2-3 million years ago, they mostly went east, first into present-day Tanzania and...

Hank Felsman

Jun 26, 2017

The Argument for Public Restrooms Everywhere, All the Time, Always

A few years back, I was traveling in Istanbul. It’s a beautiful city, obviously, and, coming from New York, I was impressed by the city’s...

Shalle

Jun 21, 2017

The Subterranean Experience

Subways are the arteries of the city: they move its life-blood from place to place and maintain (near) perpetual motion. With a rumble...