inforum

The Great Indoors: From Magic Mud to swinging with Tarzan, a year in review

I'm a little behind the curve on this one, but I've been reading "The Happiness Project" lately. Gretchen Rubin's 2009 New York Times best-seller has sold more than 1.5 million copies and dishes out ...
inforum

The Great Indoors: Magic Mud a messy but effective way to whiten teeth

I notice teeth. I mean in a weird way. I remember being completely distracted as my friend Lisa told me a story a few years back. I recall thinking, "How does she get her teeth so white?" "Is that for ...
Science Daily

The secrets of baseball's magic mud

The unique properties of baseball's famed 'magic' mud, which MLB equipment managers applied to every ball in the World Series, have never been scientifically quantified -- until now. Researchers now ...
Ars Technica

What makes baseball’s “magic mud” so special?

Since the 1940s, baseball players have been spreading a special kind of “magic mud” on new baseballs to reduce the slick, glossy shine and give pitchers a firmer grip. Now, scientists at the ...
technologynetworks

Baseball’s “Magic Mud” Does Make a Difference, Study Confirms

The unique properties of baseball’s famed “magic” mud have never been scientifically quantified — until now. In a new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers at ...