How much coffee is too much coffee? This question has been bothering me ever since I bought my new coffee machine, and I have been, let's say, misusing it. Well, I've asked Google several times, "How much coffee is too much coffee?" and as it turns out—it's a lot! Like, really a lot. You'd probably die from drinking too many fluids before you'd die from the caffeine. To give you another indication of my obsession with coffee: I once worked at a coffee shop, and during my shifts, I would munch o…

Have you tried switching it off and then on again?

You know that moment when you clean your house and think, "Welp, that's the best I can make it look. It’s not much, but at least it looks acceptable "? Well, for some people (like me), it's the same for life in general—it's not much, but at least it looks acceptable at a glance. Am I good at my job? No, but they haven't fired me. Am I close to getting married? No, but I did go on a date six months ago. Am I able to do my taxes on my own? No, but at least I'm not in jail! (Yet. ) So, to all the…

It's normal to be weird

We just bought a new car , and I'm still riding that new car high. Everything about it is fresh and exciting. There's even still a faint trace of that new car smell, and I'm constantly looking for excuses to take it out for a spin ("Oh look, the milk carton is almost halfway empty—better go to the store to get another one"). Our old car, in contrast, had reached the "I'm annoyed with everything about this piece of junk " phase. Don't get me wrong—there was absolutely nothing wrong with the car,…

Memes to Celebrate Our Beautifully Distracted Minds

I would have made a wonderful scientist if I could only do math, understand complex ideas, concentrate for several hours and, in general, just be smarter. This might sound like a joke but I really believe that. I feel like I have a real passion for science, but I lack the actual tools a person needs to be a scientist. It's all nice and well to retain your natural curiosity into your adulthood, which is absolutely one of the requirements for being a scientist, but it's nothing if you cant sit do…

I’ve lost count of the number of nature documentaries I’ve seen in my life, and somehow, they’re always amazing. Every time I sit down to learn something new about the animals that inhabit this planet, I’m blown away by the beauty, ingenuity, and pure weirdness of nature. For instance, did you know there are snakes that live underwater and hunt small fish? Or that there’s a species of worm covered in golden hair? And I mean proper golden hair—not yellow. Gold. In this listicle, lovingly curated…

How much coffee is too much coffee? This question has been bothering me ever since I bought my new coffee machine, and I have been, let's say, misusing it. Well, I’ve asked Google several times, "How much coffee is too much coffee?" and as it turns out—it’s a lot! Like, really a lot. You’d probably die from drinking too many fluids before you'd die from the caffeine. To give you another indication of my obsession with coffee: I once worked at a coffee shop, and during my shifts, I would munch o…

Memes to Celebrate Our Beautifully Distracted Minds

We just bought a new car, and I’m still riding that new car high. Everything about it is fresh and exciting. There’s even still a faint trace of that new car smell, and I’m constantly looking for excuses to take it out for a spin ("Oh look, the milk carton is almost halfway empty—better go to the store to get another one"). Our old car, in contrast, had reached the “I’m annoyed with everything about this piece of junk” phase. Don’t get me wrong—there was absolutely nothing wrong with the car, o…

It's easy to forget just how beautiful our planet really is, especially when you are a human being, living his/her life in a city, spending too much time in front of excel sheets and web browsers. “You need to touch grass” is what my kid says every time i complain about all the chores i need to do around the clock to keep the house running. And he isn't wrong - we all need a little more nature in our lives. But sometimes all you really need is just a fresh perspective to re-appreciate how absol…

I would have made a wonderful scientist if I could only do math, understand complex ideas, concentrate for several hours and, in general, just be smarter. This might sound like a joke but I really believe that. I feel like I have a real passion for science, but I lack the actual tools a person needs to be a scientist. It's all nice and well to retain your natural curiosity into your adulthood, which is absolutely one of the requirements for being a scientist, but it's nothing if you cant sit do…

Here is my theory: right before I was born, there was a meeting of my entire generation where the creator of the universe sat everyone down and explained in very simple terms how to manage your life . I have no idea what I was doing at the time, but I know I missed that meeting. Everyone got the illustrated guide filled with pro-tips about how to manage life, and I was probably off somewhere (along with some of you guys) doing something less constructive. And now I'm just going along day by day…

We love random facts , but the kind we love the most are the ones that sound made up—like the fact that there are more trees on planet Earth than there are stars in our galaxy. But that’s absolutely true. In fact, there are a lot more trees—about 3 trillion on Earth—while there are “only” about 200 billion stars in the Milky Way. Or how about the fact that there are more permutations of a standard deck of 52 cards than there are seconds since the Big Bang? I mean, we all understand there are ma…

This is our favorite type of geekiness—when you take one passion (in this case, chemistry) and combine it perfectly with another passion you possess (character design), mashing them together to create something that is not only visually striking but also creative and educational. Artist Kacie D. beautifully combined her two passions by creating personal illustrations for 112 elements in the periodic table (why she didn’t do the last six? We have no idea). Each illustration depicts the element a…