You may have noticed a lack of Pratchips this past week. But then again, maybe you didn't. Nobody emailed about it. But you may have said, "Wonder what happened to Pratchips this week." And after the non-appearance of a regular episode yesterday,, you may have said, "Wonder what happened to the...

This week’s short and sweet biography is about Jason Ogg. Then, in the Science of Discworld segment this week, we learn about lies-to-children, also known as education.  What we actually have here is an explanation of the framework for the non-fiction, science-education half of the Science of...

The steam engine was first developed in Ephebe. It was first used in a boat. Then it powered a tank, which was sabotaged and thus never went in to battle. (Thank you, History Monks.) It’s thus both an item, in the form of a technological advancement, and a concept, in the form of “Hey look what I...