How wood got in our food, then out of it, then back into it again

Nov 1, 2017
A look at how the government determines what ingredients are allowed in bread, and how that has changed over time.
Two members of the Women's Timber Corps do their bit for the war effort by carrying a felled log through the lumber camp at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 1942.
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When should you rob a bank?

May 6, 2015
The guys behind "Freakonomics" answer that question and more in their new book.

Your Brain = Lake Michigan

May 16, 2013
Here's a calculation that might take some time to process. If you were to measure the computing power of the human brain and convert it to fluid ounces, you'd get the volume of of Lake Michigan.
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