Hold Your Nose and Try to Hum
Pinch your nostrils shut, keep your lips closed, and hum.
It lasts about a second and then stops, and it does not stop…
It Is Not a Bubble Popping
The standard account for decades was that a small gas bubble inside the joint fluid suddenly collapses, and the collapse makes the noise. It…
Everybody Has Twenty-Four, and the Missing-Rib Story Is Not Anatomy
Twelve pairs. Twenty-four in total. The same number in men and women, with no difference whatsoever in the usual arrangement.…
A Cramp Is a Muscle That Will Not Stop Firing
Start with what is actually happening, because it is more specific than most people assume.
A cramp is not a…
Block Your Ears and Talk
Put a finger firmly in each ear so that the canals are properly closed, and then say something out loud.
Your voice does not go…
Cash at the turnstile, no ticket, no seat, and scores posted as letters. Here are seventeen.
1. There Were No Seats, and Nobody Thought That Was Odd
The great majority…