The Marginalian
The Marginalian

Reads tagged with “good to know”

From Nature to NASA: The Fascinating Story of Velcro, a Pioneering Masterpiece of Biomimicry
From Nature to NASA: The Fascinating Story of Velcro, a Pioneering Masterpiece of Biomimicry

Innovation that sticks, or how to turn nature’s aggravations into universal usefulness.

read article

Human Planet: BBC Unravels Earth’s Secrets
Human Planet: BBC Unravels Earth’s Secrets

What rainforest tribes in the jungle have to do with reindeer swimmers in the Arctic.

read article

7 Must-Read Books on Education
7 Must-Read Books on Education

What the free speech movement of the 1960s has to do with digital learning and The Beatles.

read article

5 Must-Read Books on the Psychology of Being Wrong
5 Must-Read Books on the Psychology of Being Wrong

What Ronald Reagan has to do with gorilla costumes, Shakespeare and fake pennies.

read article

What Is Time? Michio Kaku’s BBC Documentary
What Is Time? Michio Kaku’s BBC Documentary

What string theory has to do with fish mating and your sleep-wake cycle.

read article

BBC: The Making of The King James Bible
BBC: The Making of The King James Bible

What Medieval catacombs have to do with remix culture and the evolution of the English language.

read article

A Rare Look at Antarctica, 1911-1914
A Rare Look at Antarctica, 1911-1914

read article

Ants Are Amazing: Count the Ways, Literally
Ants Are Amazing: Count the Ways, Literally

read article

Wheels of Change: How The Bicycle Empowered Women
Wheels of Change: How The Bicycle Empowered Women

A visual history of the steed upon which women rode into a new world.

read article

The Word Project: Obscure Words in Bricolage
The Word Project: Obscure Words in Bricolage

What avian resemblance has to do with the study of soil and the irresistible urge to dance.

read article

View Full Site

The Marginalian participates in the Bookshop.org and Amazon.com affiliate programs, designed to provide a means for sites to earn commissions by linking to books. In more human terms, this means that whenever you buy a book from a link here, I receive a small percentage of its price, which goes straight back into my own colossal biblioexpenses. Privacy policy. (TLDR: You're safe — there are no nefarious "third parties" lurking on my watch or shedding crumbs of the "cookies" the rest of the internet uses.)