POSTED // Aug 19,2011 - Science writer K.C. Cole asks this question: “How would you hold 100 tons of water in thin air with no visible means of support?” Here’s her answer: “Build a cloud.”

POSTED // Aug 12,2011 - For 34 years, a diligent Californian named Scott Weaver worked on creating a scale model of San Francisco using toothpicks. Meanwhile, Eric Miklos, of New Brunswick, Canada, was assembling a 40-foot-long chain of bottle caps.

POSTED // Aug 5,2011 - Astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle rejected the prevailing scientific theory that life on this planet emerged by accident from a primordial soup.

POSTED // Jul 29,2011 - During my years as a singer in rock bands, I’ve had a theatrical approach to performing. On some occasions, I arrive on stage from the back of the club.

POSTED // Jul 22,2011 - Just fill in the freaking blanks with whatever you’ve got to fill them with—with your best guesses, with borrowed mojo, with any miscellaneous material you have at hand.

POSTED // Jul 15,2011 - The great-grandson of a slave, Cancerian Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was America’s first black Supreme Court Justice. According to Thurgood, a play about his life that...

POSTED // Jul 8,2011 - The discoverer of this marvel is Dr. Wohan Squant, who has named the color “squant.”

POSTED // Jul 1,2011 - A while back, I asked my readers to propose a new name for your astrological sign. “Cancer” has a bit of a negative connotation, after all.

POSTED // Jun 24,2011 - A company that manufactures processed food made a promotional offer: If you purchased 10 of its products, it would give you 500 frequent flyer miles.

POSTED // Jun 17,2011 - In Mark Harris’s novel Bang the Drum Slowly, professional baseball players cheat their fans out of money by engaging them in a card game called TEGWAR