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You Can't Always Believe What You See With INQ'...

  Inq’s Ambiguous Illusion kit is treasure trove of transmogrification, full of shapes that don’t behave as they should. Rotate the arrow around, and it always points in the same...

You Can't Always Believe What You See With INQ'...

  Inq’s Ambiguous Illusion kit is treasure trove of transmogrification, full of shapes that don’t behave as they should. Rotate the arrow around, and it always points in the same...

The Twisted Literary History of the Puzzle

The Twisted Literary History of the Puzzle

One day in the 3rd Century BCE, Archimedes was hanging out in ancient Greece when he devised a dissection puzzle that he called the Ostomachion.  Big A described how to...

The Twisted Literary History of the Puzzle

One day in the 3rd Century BCE, Archimedes was hanging out in ancient Greece when he devised a dissection puzzle that he called the Ostomachion.  Big A described how to...

Cosmic Latte: the Average Color of the Universe

Cosmic Latte: the Average Color of the Universe

Wondering about the color on your fashion-forward, incredible wearable from Inq?  Believe it or not, that light beige is officially called “Cosmic Latte,” and it’s the average color of the...

Cosmic Latte: the Average Color of the Universe

Wondering about the color on your fashion-forward, incredible wearable from Inq?  Believe it or not, that light beige is officially called “Cosmic Latte,” and it’s the average color of the...

Deep Dive: Changing the Speed of Light

Deep Dive: Changing the Speed of Light

So how can the pyramid prism be both a prism and…not a prism?  It’s because optically, it is a tool called a prism, but geometrically, it’s a pyramid – a...

Deep Dive: Changing the Speed of Light

So how can the pyramid prism be both a prism and…not a prism?  It’s because optically, it is a tool called a prism, but geometrically, it’s a pyramid – a...

Super Fly!

Super Fly!

You know what doesn’t get enough credit? Flies. Flies are incredible and we generally, I know I do, see them as a nuisance or gross. So let me drop some...

Super Fly!

You know what doesn’t get enough credit? Flies. Flies are incredible and we generally, I know I do, see them as a nuisance or gross. So let me drop some...

Newton's Cradle...Or Is It?

Newton's Cradle...Or Is It?

Newton’s cradle! A scientific demonstration of one of the most famous principles in classical mechanics, with two startling facts: 1) Newton had nothing to do with it, and 2) Though...

Newton's Cradle...Or Is It?

Newton’s cradle! A scientific demonstration of one of the most famous principles in classical mechanics, with two startling facts: 1) Newton had nothing to do with it, and 2) Though...