Rob Cockerham went around to everyone he kows who...  ...this: the energy used by Christmas lights doesn't cost much. The house shown is extravagantly but tastef...  ...s. That's about 1 horsepower in energy use, which costs about 9¢ per hour.Of course, the price of en...

In the board game Clue, you and quite a few murder...  ...r. How much would a real-life version of all that cost ? Turns out, regularly hosting your own criminal...  ...head economist estimated that Tudor Mansion would cost around $4,450,000 in American dollars–a fairly...

(YouTube link) Sometime in the future, your consciousness may be salvaged after your body dies and stored digitally in cyberspace. What could possibly go wrong? Tom Scott speculates on the computer world called "Life....