Book Review: The Infinity Puzzle
The Infinity Puzzle  sounds like one of those wooden gadgets that you can play with for a few minutes before wanting to hurl it across the room in frustration, but the infinity puzzle of this book's title actually refers to a mathematical quandary that stumped particle physicists for the first half of last century. The story of how physics moved beyond this roadblock has now been told by Frank ...

Charades 1.0 for iOS - Game Center Enabled Version of Classic Party Game
Appogeum today introduces Charades 1.0 free for iOS, their Game Center enabled version of the classic party game for 2-4 online players. Localized for five different languages, a saying, word, or phrase is given to one player. They attempt to draw a picture that will allow any other player to correctly guess the puzzle. Players can see each other's guesses and chat with each other all through ...

No question, Belichick lives for the game
Bruce Arthur: The best Bill Belichick story probably belongs to Tony Gonzalez, by way of Joe Posnanski, who first told it while at The Kansas City Star

Family Tragedy
'In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David. Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, . . .

Solving crosswords may come down to the subconscious mind
Tackling a crossword can crowd the tip of your tongue. You know that you know the answers to 3 Down and 5 Across, but the words just won’t come out. Then, when you’ve given up and moved on to another clue, comes blessed relief. The elusive answer suddenly occurs to you, crystal clear. Read full article >>