Curious minds don't think alike

This site explores everyday phenomena, overlooked ideas, and familiar concepts from a new angle. These topics don’t require specialized knowledge, just a willingness to think about familiar things a little differently.

Many of the ideas here start with simple questions: Why does something behave the way it does? Why does something seem obvious at first then turn out not to be? Or what do you learn if you follow the idea a little further?

Some of these will look at well-known scientific concepts in a more intuitive way. Others focus on things that don’t quite fit expectations, or that reveal something unexpected.

The goal is to give you a better understanding about how the world around you works, while keeping it interesting.

Here are a few to start with.

Articles

• Your Cat Is Your Cousin (March 2026) - yes your actual flesh and blood cousin. Why the family tree is far bigger than it seems.
• You Know About Your Five Senses, How About Number 6, 7, 8, and 9? (March 2026) - It is a little more complicated than you learned in grade school.
• The Horns Of Venus (March 2026) - what does this ancient saying tell us about naked eye astronomy.