# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=289&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 290 --- ## [How much did World War Two speed global warming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-world-war-two-speed-global-warming/1020211)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-world-war-two-speed-global-warming/1020211 "2025-06-28T16:56:58Z")
Vast fleets of oil-burning warships. Plus freighters to support them. Diesel powered tanks. Thousand Plane bombing missions. Carried out by multi-engined bombers, burning high test. Burning? We burned whole cities ! Th… --- ## [Modern drugs from herbalist plants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-drugs-from-herbalist-plants/1019939)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-drugs-from-herbalist-plants/1019939 "2025-06-28T09:40:12Z")
I’m looking for examples of medical drugs derived from plants that were part of traditional medicine or herbalist lore. That is, at least one traditional herbalist used a certain plant or extract of one to treat a set of… --- ## [Tiny spheres of vacuum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-spheres-of-vacuum/1020185)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-spheres-of-vacuum/1020185 "2025-06-28T03:51:12Z")
Continuing the discussion from ­xkcd thread: Is it possible to make a tiny glass sphere strong enough to hold a vacuum? Would it have enough buoyancy to float in water? In air? What about other materials, like titaniu… --- ## [Four years at my job - time to ponder my next career move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-years-at-my-job-time-to-ponder-my-next-career-move/1019070)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-years-at-my-job-time-to-ponder-my-next-career-move/1019070 "2025-06-28T03:34:41Z")
For reference, here is a series of posts I’ve created about the ups and downs of my job over the past 4 years: New job going so well it has me concerned Job still going well after almost 2 years…still concerned And no… --- ## [Damn, Walgreens, Fix Your Online Vaccine Booking System!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-walgreens-fix-your-online-vaccine-booking-system/1019963)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-walgreens-fix-your-online-vaccine-booking-system/1019963 "2025-06-28T00:49:51Z")
We (me and allthegood) are going to be participating in Berkshire Music Festival for the first time, in July. Standing in close proximity to 140 other singers from all over, inhaling and exhaling very deeply, sharing ai… --- ## [Does practice or sleep make perfect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-practice-or-sleep-make-perfect/1020164)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-practice-or-sleep-make-perfect/1020164 "2025-06-28T00:35:35Z")
We’ve all heard the phrase, “practice makes perfect”. Sometimes, I’ll pick up my acoustic guitar and try to play a song I memorized years ago. I get halfway through and then forget the chord sequence. I’ll pull out the s… --- ## [Should a Large General U.S. University Offer Study in Foreign Languages, Linguistics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-large-general-u-s-university-offer-study-in-foreign-languages-linguistics/988582)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-large-general-u-s-university-offer-study-in-foreign-languages-linguistics/988582 "2025-06-28T00:18:43Z")
I think the immediate response of the substantial majority of people reading this (including myself) are going to say “Yes, obviously. Why are you even bringing up the question PastTense?” Because it turns out that West… --- ## ["Outrageous"-- 6-episode BritBox series about the Mitford sisters (spoilers mandatory)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163 "2025-06-27T23:31:18Z")
Episodes appearing each week. Week of June 23rd, episode 3. Think of Downton Abbey reimagined by Salvador Dali. :face\_with\_spiral\_eyes: The family has a heavy-duty aristocratic pedigree: The family traces its origins… --- ## [What the heck is this (picture included)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-this-picture-included/1020121)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-this-picture-included/1020121 "2025-06-27T23:13:44Z")
Never seen anything like it. We bought a house. 5 years old. There are three of these pipes that are not quite coming out of the wall. Two inside, one outside. Two of them are not far from a gas stove. One is outside on… --- ## [Why did some lowercase "S"s printed in the past look like a defaced "f"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-some-lowercase-s-s-printed-in-the-past-look-like-a-defaced-f/1019918)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-some-lowercase-s-s-printed-in-the-past-look-like-a-defaced-f/1019918 "2025-06-27T22:20:04Z")
Anyone familiar with printed works from the past (up to sometime in the 19th century) will surely have noticed that it used to be common, at least in works printed using Roman font, to have two kinds of lowercase “S”, on… --- ## [Lalo Schifrin has died at 93. (Composer of the Mission Impossible theme !)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lalo-schifrin-has-died-at-93-composer-of-the-mission-impossible-theme/1020196)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lalo-schifrin-has-died-at-93-composer-of-the-mission-impossible-theme/1020196 "2025-06-27T21:24:18Z")
His list of credits is pretty impressive :- Dark Intruder (1965) Cool Hand Luke (1967) Bullitt (1968) The Fox (1967) Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968) Che! (1969) Kelly’s Heroes (1970) Dirty Harry (1971) … --- ## [Ways in which you are annoyingly pedantic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676 "2025-06-27T21:17:07Z")
I like to be literal, but sometimes I take it too far. Like this: It’s cold, so I put on a jacket. Someone comes by and asks “Are you cold?” To which I truthfully say no. “So why’d you put on a jacket?” “I was cold … --- ## [Are theses scams? In what way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-theses-scams-in-what-way/1020173)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-theses-scams-in-what-way/1020173 "2025-06-27T19:13:29Z")
I get this kind of email maybe twice or three times every week. I cannot figure what they are trying to do. They will say: Dear Seldin: We are very impressed by your web site and would like to order some of your prod… --- ## [Limits to technological collapse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-to-technological-collapse/1019539)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-to-technological-collapse/1019539 "2025-06-27T19:06:36Z")
Lately a lot of people worry that our current technological civilization is doomed. That not only will we not manage to expand into space and continue advancing forever, but that it’s already too late for us to have retr… --- ## [AI assisted learning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-assisted-learning/1020183)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-assisted-learning/1020183 "2025-06-27T18:44:52Z")
I asked AI today if it could teach me how to run a cad style program. It told me it had no experience but is very good at reading directions and can probably walk me through it. This for me would be a world changer if it… --- ## [Why do dogs have more odor then cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-have-more-odor-then-cats/1019814)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-have-more-odor-then-cats/1019814 "2025-06-27T17:03:03Z")
Even a small dog can have that wet mutt smell but kitties are nice and odor free? --- ## [How to deal with the previous owners cheaping out (electrical)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-the-previous-owners-cheaping-out-electrical/1019601)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-the-previous-owners-cheaping-out-electrical/1019601 "2025-06-27T14:23:27Z")
The Cottage was built in 1959. At some point, the previous owners added on a bedroom, and when they did that, they moved the electrical drop and added a new breaker box with a meter: … --- ## [Soccer pitch dimensions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-pitch-dimensions/1020165)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-pitch-dimensions/1020165 "2025-06-27T13:27:36Z")
It came to my attention that soccer pitches are not all one size, there is a range they must fall in. Are there any pitches that players don’t like because they are too wide, too short or whatever? Or are the size differ… --- ## [Recommend a good sci-fi book to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-sci-fi-book-to-me/1019713)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-sci-fi-book-to-me/1019713 "2025-06-27T12:27:01Z")
I recently finished The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin and Old Man’s War by John Scalzi, and while I enjoyed both, they offered very different experiences. Le Guin’s book felt deeply intellectual. I liked ho… --- ## [James Webb Space Telescope general discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-webb-space-telescope-general-discussion-thread/956624)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 1010\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-webb-space-telescope-general-discussion-thread/956624 "2025-06-27T11:49:28Z")
Mentioned in the space exploration thread, but this deserves a thread of its own. This is truly a historic event – 25 years in the making, $10 billion in cost, involving a dozen nations on three continents, to deliver t… --- ## [Is there a difference between what I see on BBC.com and on BBC.co.UK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-difference-between-what-i-see-on-bbc-com-and-on-bbc-co-uk/824181)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-difference-between-what-i-see-on-bbc-com-and-on-bbc-co-uk/824181 "2025-06-27T07:26:29Z")
In my attempts to find non-US-centric news, one of the sites I read is the BBC. When I try to go to BBC.co.UK, I get redirected to BBC.com. So, are those two sites identical, or is the .com aimed more at a US audience? … --- ## [Any drummers in residence? Music in The Croods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drummers-in-residence-music-in-the-croods/1020122)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drummers-in-residence-music-in-the-croods/1020122 "2025-06-27T00:51:02Z")
In the 2013 movie The Croods Alan Silvestri was the composer and here in the credits is a bit that was also used in a travel montage in the movie. I am wondering what sort of drum was used for the incessant beat. There… --- ## [Trains, a moving art show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trains-a-moving-art-show/1020147)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trains-a-moving-art-show/1020147 "2025-06-27T00:42:58Z")
Some know me, some do not. I’ve moved to a new spot. I’m getting out of the high mountains. We are about 150 yards from a rail line. Lots of room here, very nice spot. 1/3 acre. A train, cargo goes by 3-4 times a day… --- ## [Weird videos and thumbnails on You Tube - what are they for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-videos-and-thumbnails-on-you-tube-what-are-they-for/990864)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-videos-and-thumbnails-on-you-tube-what-are-they-for/990864 "2025-06-26T22:37:57Z")
There’s this weird-ass channel (I’m sure there are others that are similar, but this is the one I’ve noticed) on You Tube with a woman who purports to do knitting videos. Most of the thumbnails show a picture of her. Ho… --- ## [Paste your clipboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paste-your-clipboard/847659)
**Author:** [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paste-your-clipboard/847659 "2025-06-27T00:08:49Z")
Simple. Just paste the contents of your clipboard. I’ll start: comes from a poor background, lives in a rough neighborhood and tends to work too hard. --- ## [The Fantastic Four: First Steps - pre-release discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-pre-release-discussion/1013874)
**Author:** [@OldManLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldManLogan)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-pre-release-discussion/1013874 "2025-06-26T22:27:40Z")
The first trailer dropped for the first MCU Fantastic Four. Some information has dropped previously such as casting and thematic visuals, but this is the first time to see it in action. I’m not sold yet on all the first … --- ## [Why do authors stop writing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-authors-stop-writing/1019931)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-authors-stop-writing/1019931 "2025-06-26T22:20:54Z")
I’ve seen this pattern with a number of authors. There’s a period in their life when they write prolifically - writing a new novel every year for example - but then they get to a certain point and they just stop. What h… --- ## [Your worst examples of corporate jargon, buzzwords, and/or gobbledygook that you've encountered (New Thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-examples-of-corporate-jargon-buzzwords-and-or-gobbledygook-that-youve-encountered-new-thread/1019943)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-examples-of-corporate-jargon-buzzwords-and-or-gobbledygook-that-youve-encountered-new-thread/1019943 "2025-06-26T22:14:26Z")
The worst I ever saw belonged to a company called Medspeed. One day about 15 years ago I was driving along and I saw a car with Medspeed livery, and words “Now Hiring,” so I went to their website to apply. What I was met… --- ## [What are all the ways in which a physical object or substance can appear to have colour, and how do they actually work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-all-the-ways-in-which-a-physical-object-or-substance-can-appear-to-have-colour-and-how-do-they-actually-work/1020099)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-all-the-ways-in-which-a-physical-object-or-substance-can-appear-to-have-colour-and-how-do-they-actually-work/1020099 "2025-06-26T21:26:56Z")
There’s an ongoing discussion/debate of which I seem to be on the periphery, about whether or not the colour blue exists in nature. It began with me making a statement that there are no blue sunflowers, to which there w… --- ## [Nice LITTLE Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175 "2025-06-26T19:38:36Z")
We’ve probably done this before but I’m doing it again. What I mean by “little” shows for this thread are shows with a small number of episodes per season and just a few seasons. Shows like this typically are found on c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=288&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=290&state=tracking)