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The Classic “Exploding Pumpkin” Science Lesson

Kelly — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:30:00 +0000

One time during sophomore year of high school my science teacher brought in dry ice, and some dummy in my class burned his hand on it. We were all pretty much 35-year-olds at the time, so I don’t remember what our teacher was trying to teach us with dry ice, and more importantly I have no idea how someone could’ve been such a dummy to TOUCH the dry ice and injure himself. Ugh. BOYS. “Highschool boys,” right? Just forever the dumbest. Anyway my point is, the kids in this video sound like they’re much younger than we were at that time and it looks like none of them were injured during this very dangerous looking science lesson. So. BRAVO! Unless the cut-outs of the pumpkin flew into some of their faces, disfiguring them for the rest of their lives, and we don’t see it just because the video ends. That may absolutely be the case! It looks like that may be the case. I hope you’re ok, kids! Happy Halloween!

Mad Men 101

Gabe — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:00:24 +0000

A professor at Northwestern is now offering a class on Mad Men. Between this and the class on Lady Gaga, I’m beginning to think that maybe Old Kanye was right.

Let’s Be Nerds And Watch The Story Of India Tonight

Lindsay Robertson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:46:04 +0000

If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to watch better television, or watch less crap television, yay, me too. And smart people like us can start tonight, with the first two episodes of the BBC’s six-part 2007 series, The Story Of India, which makes its US premiere on PBS at 9pm, and will continue each Monday through January 19. Look, learning is fun!