Know how some animals use tools? P/C Cyberminnie at FlickrThis pom pom crab carries a sea anemone in each of its claws, using them as a defensive tool in the crab-eat-crab world on the coral reef. The anemone has a great relationship w…
It’s not every day you look for swordfights… And yet, that’s what this week’s Challenge is all about: What’s the story with this image that I found in a well-known magazine? 1. What is this an image of? (What’s going on here?)&n…
The other day… … I was reading a well-known magazine / newspaper when I saw this remarkably graphic image that ran as part of the story: I was struck by the image–What is going on here?–and by the lack of attribution. …
I often look at the world and wonder… Gratuitous curious internet cat image, although she’s probablywondering why you haven’t delivered her next meal yet…… what is that thing I’m looking at? This happens to be a cat, but what abou…
You might have heard me mention….. that the ability to search-your-tabs is a key productivity Chrome extension. I’ve used a number of Chrome extensions over the years to get this capability. But here’s a Pro Tip for power Searc…
Google Books… … you might have used it to do research. Even though it’s a resource I use all the time, this week I learned a few tricks that completely change the way I use Google Books. Here are the 4 key things that you nee…
I constantly ask why, what, where, who, and how… Gratuitous curious internet cat image, although she’s probably wondering why you haven’t delivered her next meal yet…… yes, that means I’m as curious as a cat, but if you read this blog,…
The past doesn’t repeat itself, … but it sometimes rhymes. (You could look up the attribution yourself, but no matter the answer, it’s disputed.) So let’s revisit the Epidemic Rodeo and see what lessons we might take…
“This isn’t our first rodeo..” … is sometimes said to describe a repeat of a situation that’s complicated.And that’s the case with the COVID pandemic–it’s not the first time the world has had a terrible time with large scale epidemics.&nb…
Pink? Blue? Other colors? … these days, in the US at least, the colors of pink and blue have commonly-agreed upon gender meanings. Pink means female, blue means male. But as a friend asked recently, why? Here is last…
As endless gender recent reveal parties have shown us… … these days, in the US at least, the colors of pink and blue have commonly-agreed upon gender meanings. Pink means female, blue means male. But as a friend asked recentl…
That was fun! Last week I posed two Challenges, both of which I thought were fairly tough–but the SRS Regular Readers found it fairly straightforward. Kudos to you! (At the end I’ll come back to why I found this difficult,…
Every so often… … in my work I’ll search for something that takes a while to find. I save these for you! Here are two objects that I had to work a bit to find. In the process, I learned something about searching that I though…
When too many animals group together, it can be a problem. [ Comment: Sorry this was a delayed by a week. It’s been a busy time. ] This week’s Challenge highlights a couple of wrong-place & too-many times wh…
How to find Recipes & Nutrition Information Introduction Haven’t we all searched for recipes? Whenever we’re trying to get dinner just right, or when exploring a new culinary idea. Sometimes we’ll do comparisons (ho…