Glen Tickle
Amelia's dad. Steph's husband. Writer, comedian, gentleman. Good at juggling, bad at chess.
The Candy Hierarchy 2014, A Definitive Ranking of the Year’s Best Halloween Candy
Ben Cohen and David Ng conducted a survey of more than 1,200 people on the topic of which Halloween candies induce joy and which induce despair. The data…
Mental Floss Clears Up a Series of Common Misconceptions About Technology
In a recent episode of the Mental Floss series Misconceptions, host Elliott Morgan clears up some common misconceptions about technology. Examples include the myth that Mac computers are immune…
Lantern, A Portable Device for Connecting to the Free Anonymous Outernet
Lantern is a portable device for connecting to the Outernet, a service that freely broadcasts information via radio signal from space. Outernet is raising funds for…
A TED-Ed Animation Asks Whether Comets Could Have Been the Source of Life on Earth
A recent TED-Ed lesson by Justin Dowd explains what comets are, and asks whether they could be the source of life on Earth. Dowd also…
Photos Depicting Toddlers as Seniors by Zachary Scott
A series of photographs by Zachary Scott depicts toddlers as seniors. Scott and his team used makeup, prosthetics, and photo manipulation to create the effect.…
A TED-Ed Animation Explains How Germs Spread and Why They Can Make Humans Sick
A recent TED-Ed lesson by Yannay Khaikin and Nicole Mideo explains how germs spread and why they can make humans sick. Germs are found on…
Ellen DeGeneres Shows Off Some Questionably Inappropriate Toys on ‘Ellen’
Toy store chain Toys”R”Us recently pulled a line of action figures modeled after characters from the television show Breaking Bad in response to a Change.org petition demanding it,…
Benedict Cumberbatch Perfectly Impersonates 11 Celebrities in Under One Minute
During an interview with MTV to promote his new movie The Imitation Game, actor Benedict Cumberbatch was asked to imitate as many celebrities as he could…
TED-Ed Lesson Explains How to Measure Extreme Distances in Space Using Light Years
A TED-Ed lesson by astronomer Yuan-Sen Ting explains how to measure extreme distances in space using light years. The animation also gives several example distances to…
SciShow Explains the Science Behind the 2014 Nobel Prize Winners in Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine
SciShow host Hank Green explains the science behind the 2014 Nobel Prize winners in the fields of physics, chemistry, and medicine in a recent episode.…