Crows were back in the news again last week. A fascinating study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggesting that New Caledonian Crows are able to reason about hidden causal agents—connecting events to a hidden perpetrator. But before we go any further, if you aren’t already in love with genus Corvus, please [...]
Causation? Correlation? Who the hell has time to read beyond an abstract, or a headline even?! I guess if something is obvious, commonsensical and shouldn’t need to be repeated, odds are, it needs to be pointed out. Take for example egg yolks. I love this crap. It’s been a cliche my whole life, and probably [...]
I’ve always loved the taste of coffee. Weak, creamy, sweet coffee. You probably do too; when asked people tend to state their desire for strong, rich blends, though in reality most of them want anything but. The question is, is it good for you? That’s dubious (and should be obvious that it depends on your [...]