Stories by Tomte

The pistol shrimp is immune to its own powerful shock waves

Computerized Cooking (1985)

A Chipmunk Emoji Cost an Israeli Texter $2,200 (2017)

The Goldbeater, the Cow and the Airship (2006)

A Live Air Traffic Plane Spotting Simulation

Behavioral nudges reduce failure to appear for court (2020)

The hand-cranked calculator invented by a concentration camp prisoner (2021)

Choosing a New Comment Policy

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (2016)

Humans navigate with stereo olfaction (2020)

Perceptions of Musical Octaves Are Learned, Not Wired in the Brain (2019)

Poland Uses Clams to Control Its Water Supply and It’s Pretty Crazy (2020)

The battle to save America's undercover spies in the digital age (2019)

The clean meat industry is racing to ditch its reliance on foetal blood (2018)

Lending app publicly shames you when you’re late on loan payment (2020)

Taking the Plunge (1993)

Experience of health professionals around an exorcism (2018) [pdf]

Do you speak 'Euro English'? (2020)

Nothing Phone 1

YouTube TV hits 5M subscribers and is looking like the future of cable