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Joseph Stromberg

Joseph Stromberg

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Joseph Stromberg

    Science of Everyday Life
    Multitasking is inefficient. Here are 6 tips for a more productive workday.Multitasking is inefficient. Here are 6 tips for a more productive workday.
    Science of Everyday Life

    Why the real secret to productivity is slowing down.

    By Joseph Stromberg
    Life
    Lots of people think they’re incapable of whistling. They’re wrong.Lots of people think they’re incapable of whistling. They’re wrong.
    Life

    Just follow these 4 tips.

    By Joseph Stromberg
    Space
    The Perseid meteor shower continues Thursday night. Here’s how to watch it.The Perseid meteor shower continues Thursday night. Here’s how to watch it.
    Space

    Head outside to see our planet pass through a cloud of burning cosmic dust.

    By Joseph Stromberg
    Transportation
    This California city just built the country’s first protected intersection for bikesThis California city just built the country’s first protected intersection for bikes
    Transportation

    It could make biking way safer.

    By Joseph Stromberg
    How scientists hope to find alien life, in 7 steps
    Space
    By Joseph Stromberg
    Science
    Everybody farts. But here are 9 surprising facts about flatulence you may not know.Everybody farts. But here are 9 surprising facts about flatulence you may not know.
    Science

    #2: 99 percent of the gas you produce doesn’t actually smell.

    By Joseph Stromberg
    Space
    NASA astronauts just ate food grown in space for the first timeNASA astronauts just ate food grown in space for the first time
    Space

    If NASA ever wants to go to Mars, it needs to figure out how to grow food in space.

    By Joseph Stromberg
    Transportation
    The real reason American public transportation is such a disasterThe real reason American public transportation is such a disaster
    Transportation

    Canada has twice as much transit as the US. Why?

    By Joseph Stromberg
    I thought nostalgia apps like Timehop were pointless. Then I started using one.
    Features

    How Timehop and Facebook are changing our relationship with the past.

    By Joseph Stromberg
    Science
    Here’s why you get carsick — even when other people don’tHere’s why you get carsick — even when other people don’t
    Science

    Women are way more likely to experience motion sickness than men.

    By Joseph Stromberg

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