

Methuselah's Lifespan, Measured In Moons
There are many possible explanations for why Biblical time contradicts time as we know it today. One is that years were calculated...
Hank Felsman
Jul 4, 2017


How Humans Discovered Cooking Before Harnessing Fire
When the ancestors of modern humans left the Serengeti 2-3 million years ago, they mostly went east, first into present-day Tanzania and...
Hank Felsman
Jun 27, 2017


The Subterranean Experience
Subways are the arteries of the city: they move its life-blood from place to place and maintain (near) perpetual motion. With a rumble...
Z Nalywayko
Jun 20, 2017


Cycle Rickshaws: The Solution to All Our Transportation Problems
Cycle rickshaws, also known as bike taxis, or pedicabs, are easy to laugh at if proposed as serious modes of public transportation. They...
Hank Felsman
Jun 14, 2017


The Crow’s Nest – Mary, Plants, the Downstairs Neighbor, & Ms. Rosa
This begins a series of irregular recorded observations from the Crow’s Nest atop 46th & Sansom in the HEART of West Philadelphia. I’m...
Z Nalywayko
Jun 13, 2017


The Psychological Impact of the Human Lifespan Suddenly Doubling
In the past century alone, the average human life expectancy has more than doubled. In 1900, growing up, you might expect to live 31...
Hank Felsman
Jun 6, 2017


A Winter’s Day in Montreal
The smell of fresh snow, old snow, dirty snow and clean, untouched snow perching atop branches like the birds that perch atop them. A...
Z Nalywayko
May 26, 2017