I have a list of things that I know I should do, but I can't seem to make them a habit, such as flossing, meditating, and doing yoga every day. I also have a list of things I want to stop doing, like late-night snacking. My lack of success in these areas results in my...

Does consistent church attendance make people more helpful and generous? It's a hard question to answer because researchers don't have an opportunity to follow around people of varying religiosity and score their behavior. We each likely have our own answer to this...

Huh. I would have thought that the world's greatest dad would have a "dad bod." Once when I was out and about with my daughter Claire we saw a guy with a t-shirt that said "World's Greatest Dad." Claire asked me, "Do you think that guy is really the world's greatest...

I've written previously about the cult of Peloton and how I'm a card-carrying member of said cult (speaking of cults, this book on them has been getting great reviews). Peloton instructors are top-notch, and in addition to leading you through challenging workouts,...

I've long wondered why generic drug names (and some brand names) are so complex and hard to pronounce. I'm always impressed when the pronunciation rolls off a doctor's or pharmacist's tongue. How do these drugs get their complex generic names, and how do they get...

Recently I read in Maria Konnikova's excellent book The Biggest Bluff about the concept of predator success rate and which predator is the most deadly. Predator success rate is the percentage of time a predator catches and kills prey that it stalks. While we might...

At the turn of the 20th century, a third of all cars on the road were electric. Electric cars had advantages over their internal combustion engine rivals: According to the US Department of Energy early electric cars "were quiet, easy to drive and didn’t emit a smelly...

In 1631 Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, royal printers to King Charles I of England, printed about 1,000 copies of the Bible that had a curious mistake in the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are found in Exodus 20: 3-17. Here's the list from the Wicked Bible:...

Dr. David Sinclair of Harvard Medical School, one of the world's foremost experts on aging, thinks aging is a disease that someday can be cured. In the meantime, there are treatments that can add years (or even decades) to our lifespans. The information for this IFOD....

“Success is failure in progress.”-Albert Einstein In 1953, fledgling start-up Rocket Chemical Company's three employees sought to create a rust-prevention and degreaser for the aerospace industry. Their first 39 "water displacement" formulas didn't work but the 40th...

“The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed.”― Aldous Huxley I've recently written a book which will be published in the spring of 2023. While overall the experience has been deeply satisfying, at times it was incredibly...

A few weekends ago, I watched Lethal Weapon 2 with my daughters and nephew. Early in the movie the main characters, Martin Riggs (played by Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), are startled by a worker at Murtaugh's house using an air gun. Riggs and Murtaugh...