Salt, as we learn in high school, is just NaCl: a compound made from numbers 11 and 17 on the periodic table, a material so simple that it’s treated as the most basic example of read more
Salt, as we learn in high school, is just NaCl: a compound made from numbers 11 and 17 on the periodic table, read more
While our news feeds and social feeds were filled with updates on the horrible Notre Dame fire last week, few stories answered what I, without a newsletter to motivate me, would ha read more
While our news feeds and social feeds were filled with updates on the horrible Notre Dame fire last week, few read more
After a long day, there are few things more satisfying than kicking off your shoes and swan-diving into a piece of upholstered furniture. But is that piece of upholstered furniture read more
After a long day, there are few things more satisfying than kicking off your shoes and swan-diving into a piec read more
One of the goals of What’s the Difference—besides pure delight, and being correct—is to make everyone’s worldviews a little bit bigger. So whether you’re the type of per read more
No matter how you feel about law enforcement these days, let’s face it: most of the time, we try to follow the law, and we expect the people in our lives to follow the law, too. read more
No matter how you feel about law enforcement these days, let’s face it: most of the time, we try to follow t read more
Some things in life are simple: we know that two pieces of bread with stuff between them, for example, is a sandwich. Swap in a long roll, however, and things get a lot more compli read more
Some things in life are simple: we know that two pieces of bread with stuff between them, for example, is a sa read more
As a former food writer, I have a complicated relationship with seasonality. When you’re banned from writing about tomatoes and eggplant and corn outside the hours of late July t read more
As a former food writer, I have a complicated relationship with seasonality. When you’re banned from writing read more
When we’re young, there are a group of virtues that pepper the lessons that we learn, the books that we read, the movies that we watch, the games that we play: Kindness. Compassi read more
When we’re young, there are a group of virtues that pepper the lessons that we learn, the books that we read read more
Here at What’s the Difference HQ, we’ve already covered the distinction between deli and appetizing and the intricacies of the appetizing case. But the deli counter has its read more
As a girl, I was never into princesses; I was more of the type to watch monster-truck videos with my brother and read almanacs for fun. However, as an adult, I find there’s somet read more
As a girl, I was never into princesses; I was more of the type to watch monster-truck videos with my brother a read more