Firefox 13 is out now and it’s all about speed. Chrome and Opera also introduced new versions of their browsers recently, so we thought it was time for another browser speed test. We’ve once ...

Break Through the Cycle of Clutter and Admit There’s a Problem When someone keeps a lot of old clothes they’ve never worn or rents a storage unit, we say they’re wasting money and energy on ...

The study by Dr Matjaz Perc examined a large corpus of text, claimed to be 4 per cent of all books ever published since the sixteenth century, to see if they conformed to Zipf’s Law. In simple ...

First, some context: I don’t have kids. I’m not a parent and don’t have child rearing experience. However, because my girlfriend’s roommate has been babysitting a nine-year-old girl over ...

Rebecca English is a Lecturer in Education at Queensland University of Technology Toilet Training From Birth Instead of using nappies, children learn to go in an appropriate receptacle from two ...

It’s almost impossible to get through a day without hearing about some horrible statement a person made on Twitter or an apology from the last guy to make a public blunder. When we’re typing ...

I just happened to have some fino sherry in my fridge, so this cocktail was an easy, welcome addition to my martini repertoire. It is, I am happy to report, quite delicious. It’s a little ...

The term “genus” refers to groups of different, though closely related, species of flora and fauna. For example, there are more than 100 species of roses under the Rosa genus, and brushtail ...

For example, GTD’s approach to cutting down monolithic projects and ongoing tasks into simple, bite-sized chunks can be applied to any style of work, and you don’t need to have read the book ...

Fun! Remember, you can close the Folding@Home website if you want; your system will continue to churn out work in the background unless you stop the associated app. Before you close that site ...

If you’re at home with a little one that’s just starting to learn to read, Google has a new free resource you can use to help them along. This week Google launched “Read Along,” an app for ...

So now, it’s 2020. We have a lot to wonder about, especially as the world changes around us. So if you’ve got a question about health or the human body, let me know. I’ll be checking the ...