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Biking Versus Driving: Which Is More Fuel Efficient?

Figure 1. Chart comparing MPG equivalent for various foods. Dashed red line is the US national average fuel efficiency for passenger cars [3].

In the past I had always assumed biking was more fuel efficient than driving – that any time I took a bicycle in lieu of a car I was saving money. A few years ago I used to joke with my friends that riding my BMX bike to social gatherings was totally worth putting up [...]

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Science!

It’s interesting and a little embarrassing that I never really understood what science was until I was 20 or so, and I didn’t pick it up in school. Maybe it was never explained like it is in the video below, or maybe I just wasn’t paying attention or thinking hard enough. I like to hope [...]

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Evolutionary Playlists

I’ve owned my 30 GB iPod for over 5 years now. I leave it in the car and really only use it there. It contains 4168 songs and I find myself constantly skipping through when it’s on shuffle mode. It’s pretty clear I don’t like all the music on there but I’m too lazy to [...]

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