Triggeron Rings

Jeremy Swerdlow, who is an engineer, not a jeweller, has some strong preferences regarding men’s wedding rings. First of all, they ought to be ultra thin. Secondly, titanium is better than traditional precious metals, as it’s both strong, cool, and the most bio-compatible metal out there. Finally, having another metal, … Read More

Beat Their Poker Face

Any poker professional (or extremely devoted amateur) must master his expression. Unfortunately, it’s your hands that might give your hand away. In a new study published in Psychological Science, Stanford University’s Michael Slepian found that even the most stone-faced poker player can be beaten by watching his hands. Slepian and … Read More

Video: Three Legged Gator Hazard

You know how it is—you’re in the middle of the 2013 Zurich Classic in New Orleans (called such because it’s sponsored by Zurich Insurance Group, which makes us wish that New Orleans Shrimp would sponsor a tournament in Zurich), when play is suddenly interrupted by a three-legged gator. It’s not … Read More

Video: Tuning Fork Cocktail

In his latest piece for the Atlantic, Wayne Curtis travelled to Vancouver to see a growing trend in the city’s cocktailing: using tuning forks to stir cocktails (really, Vancouver?). The theory is that vibrations of the right frequency will do something to the drink’s molecules and enhance the drink’s flavour. … Read More

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