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The Last Straw

about 7 hours ago

In Marriage and Morals (1929), Bertrand Russell mentions that, while “[c]ruelty is...

Black and White

about 20 hours ago

By Esteban Puig y Puig, Skakbladet, 1906. White to mate in two...

Progress

1 day ago

I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the...

The Brazil Nut Effect

2 days ago

Image: Wikimedia Commons When a container of granular material is shaken, we...

Couplet

2 days ago

It is remarkable that they Talk most who have the least to...

Commitment

3 days ago

“Deddicacion” of Scottish philologist James Elphinstone’s 1786 proposal on spelling reform, Propriety...

Training

3 days ago

Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of every...

Census Trouble

4 days ago

A curious puzzle by Stanley Rabinowitz, from the Spring 1984 issue of...

Providence

4 days ago

In 1805, New England missionary Jacob Cram proposed to evangelize among the...

Noted

5 days ago

Image: Wikimedia Commons J.M. Roberts’ 1987 Hutchinson History of the World contains...

Conway’s 99-Graph Problem

5 days ago

In this network of 9 points, any two points that are linked...

A Little Help

6 days ago

Jack London used to buy story ideas from the young Sinclair Lewis...