2020, February

  • The CSS Cascade - Really interesting and visual explanation of CSS’ cascading properties.
  • How the Government Came to Decide the Color of Your Food - Really curious text on why some foods look the way they look.
  • How to Study: A Brief Guide - Interesting text Interesting text that brings techniques on how to study. More targeted to school students than to college (or later) ones, but the references and additional readings are really interesting.
  • The meaning of life in a world without work - Great thought exercise about what would be left for people who, in the future, may see their jobs cease to exist.
  • The Sixth Taste? - This article discusses that, after Umami, a sixth taste is being studied: calcium.
  • The Sound So Loud That It Circled the Earth Four Times - Article about Krakatoa’s eruption, which generated one of the loudest sounds ever.
  • What the f*ck Python! - Very curious and fun list of weird behaviors of the Python language.
  • Why is it so hard to swat a fly? - Curious text explaining the science behind the fly’s agility.