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#018 on the 18th. Nice. 1. The Food Lab: Maximize Flavor by Ultra-Smashing Your Burger By now we all know that the old piece of burger wisdom, "never press on your burger!," is either patently false or, at the very least, wildly inaccurate. Heck, there's an

1. Have We Been Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Wrong This Whole Time? For nearly a century, “reality” has been a murky concept. The laws of quantum physics seem to suggest that particles spend much of their time in a ghostly state, lacking even basic properties such as a definite location and

1. Visualizing Algorithms ...algorithms are also a reminder that visualization is more than a tool for finding patterns in data. Visualization leverages the human visual system to augment human intellect: we can use it to better understand these important abstract processes, and perhaps other things, too. 2. PHOTO FINISH When

After taking a couple of weeks off for a much needed vacation, 5ives is back. 1. Digital photos way back from the year 2000 (Game Boy edition) And speaking of Nintendo (bonus linkage) 2. D-day landings scenes in 1944 and now – interactive Peter Macdiarmid has taken photographs of locations in

1. Why You Hate Work For most of us, in short, work is a depleting, dispiriting experience, and in some obvious ways, it’s getting worse. We often ask senior leaders a simple question: If your employees feel more energized, valued, focused and purposeful, do they perform better? Not surprisingly,

1. Breathing City - Manhattan's at Work and Home Population by Hour Inspired by John Nelson’s breathing earth and Conveyal’s aggregate-disser post, I wondered if I could make a breathing city. Manhattan looks somewhat lung-like, so it seemed natural. Should be a fun, quick project. How