We are always solving problems, some of which have instantly obvious solutions and others that do not. In the latter case, the word puzzle comes to mind instead. A problem can be defined therefore as ...

Famed naturalist Charles Darwin explained his theory of natural selection in this quote: “It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the ...

A heterological word is one that does not describe itself. Does "heterological" describe itself?

If, of late, you haven’t heard of or read about the Jevons Paradox, you likely will. Named after 19th-century British economist William Stanley Jevons who observed in his 1865 book The Coal Question, ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...