Archive for May 4th, 2022

Why Star Trek's Spock was a Vulcan

I'd never thought there was any kind of procedure involving Mr. Spock's home planet on the TV show Star Trek. Vulcan is a perfectly logical place for a perfectly logical Starfleet officer to be from. But when Ge...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/05/04/Why-iStar-Treksi-Spock-was-a-Vulcan/

10th Grader Invents Non-invasive, Mind-controlled Prosthetic Arm

High school student Benjamin Choi had some time on his hands during the summer of 2020, as the lab he had planned to work at shut down for the pandemic. So he set about solving a problem that had bothered him for years....

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/05/04/10th-Grader-Invents-Non-invasive-Mind-controlled-Prosthetic-Arm/

This Woman Makes Men Take an IQ Test on First Dates

Candice Kloss, who is pictured above, has high standards for romance. If a man wants to date her, he needs to deliver the intellectual goods.The Sun reports that Kloss has an IQ of 136, which puts her within the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/05/04/This-Woman-Makes-Men-Take-an-IQ-Test-on-First-Dates/

The Story Behind Star Wars Day

A simple pun somehow turned into a worldwide celebration of all things Star Wars. It's futile to try to pinpoint who first made the joke. Every year when I was a kid, my father would make a big deal out of March...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/05/04/The-Story-Behind-Star-Wars-Day/

A Screwdriver Ring

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Simone Giertz (@simonegiertz) Simone Giertz, a roboticist and general-purpose genius, introduces us to her latest and perhaps simplest invention: a Phillips-head scr...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/05/04/A-Screwdriver-Ring/

Why Did the Soviet Union Create Ads for Products That Didn't Exist?

If your immediate answer is "to create the false impression that an impoverished country with a failed economic system is actually prosperous", you'd be correct. But the complete answer is more complicated.Rakesh Krishna...

https://www.neatorama.com/2022/05/04/Why-the-Soviet-Union-Created-Ads-for-Products-That-Didnt-Exist/
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