Tagged “curiosity”
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52 Weeks of Obsessions
A personal project posting one small obsession a week, from the naming of aesthetics to micro-archives, each a short ill…
A truly incredible fact about the number 37
A playful number theory blog post explaining why 37 turns up as the median value of the second prime factor of an intege…
Discover Magazine
A science magazine with entertaining, thought-provoking coverage that turns curiosity into understanding through expert…
Do dentists actually know what they're doing?
A curious, readable dig into how much of routine dentistry is backed by strong evidence, from cavities to fluoride and c…
Do Not Go On
A 1995 curiosity generator of tongue-in-cheek pages that tell you not to click, a strange little bit of early net humor…
Dull Men's Club
The whimsical online home of a real-life society devoted to celebrating the extraordinary joy of thoroughly ordinary, un…
Exploratorium
The website of San Francisco's museum of science, art, and human perception, packed with hands-on activities, videos, an…
How to Live an Intellectually Rich Life
An essay arguing that a curious life is easier than it looks, starting with simple habits like following Wikipedia links…
jdstillwater.blogspot.com
Science
I Put a Toaster in the Dishwasher
A science teacher's playful and thoughtful post on why testing an absurd idea, like washing a toaster, teaches more abou…
Infinite Ascent
A personal blog by CJ Quines, where systematic curiosity meets existential oversharing, with writing on science, the hum…
Kestrel's Plausible Facts
A personal collection of lightly researched curiosities, from why Canadians call electricity hydro to the last duel in C…
Matt Lakeman
Long-form writing on books, experiments and random things the author cannot stop thinking about, from a writer with a cu…
Million Whys
A daily science quiz of ten-second questions on animals, astronomy, physics and chemistry, inspired by the classic 100,0…
Million Whys Daily Science Quiz
A daily science quiz inspired by the classic 100,000 Whys books, with questions about animals, astronomy, physics and th…
Passive Aggressive Notes
A long-running crowdsourced gallery of real handwritten notes left by roommates, neighbors, and coworkers, ranging from…
moultano.wordpress.com
Internet Culture
Ryan Moulton's Articles
A blog of playful, rigorous essays such as the hunt for dark breakfast and a fair ranking of the most brilliant birds, m…
The Autodidacts
A blog of essays and experiments in self-directed learning, science and technology, exploring the universe from the insi…
The Lost Art of Research as Leisure
An essay asking where the amateur researchers have gone, and how curiosity-driven study as a hobby can be revived, with…
Things You're Allowed to Do
A much-shared list of small, liberating permissions most people forget they have, from asking dumb questions to quitting…
Whataaabout
A curated list of activities you can do in a short time to expand your interests, with unusual ideas for what to try, re…
qchu.wordpress.com
Science
What's a fire, and why does it burn?
A mathematician stares at a beach bonfire, realizes he does not understand fire, and works out what flames really are, w…
WikiPop!
Every day it shows the single most-read Wikipedia article from the day before, with a summary, so you can see what the w…
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