Featured Entries
New in the Edited Guide: Queremos Ensalada de Taco: Taco Salad for the Masses
This ironically-named entrée is really cheap to make – you can use broken taco shells – dead simple, and redefines the term 'fast food'.
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni
New in the Edited Guide: The Science of Pellucidar in the Novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
It is interesting and amusing to consider the 'scientific' facts and explanations which Edgar Rice Burroughs presents as a background to his stories in the world of Pellucidar.
Author: Bluebottle and Gnomon
Topical: Austin, Texas
On 19 January, 1839, the small settlement of Waterloo was chosen as capital of the Republic of Texas. Later that year it was renamed Austin.
Welcome to Create
This month, we'd like to ask you a specific question related to your personal involvement in our mutual project. We're assuming, for the sake of argument, that you've run across the works of h2g2 founder Douglas Adams somewhere along the line.
We want to know how the ideas in Douglas Adams' works translated into action. Have they made you more curious? Inspired you to action in any way? Changed your outlook? Share with us!
January 2019 Create Challenge: Drawing Inspiration from 'The Hitchhiker's Guide'
Newest Edited Entries
- Queremos Ensalada de Taco: Taco Salad for the Masses14th January 2019
- The Science of Pellucidar in the Novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs14th January 2019
- 'Janet and John' - the Radio Stories7th January 2019
- Milk Matters: The History and Significance of Dairy Farming in the United States7th January 2019
- 'The Count of Monte Cristo' - a Novel by Alexandre Dumas24th December 2018
- Moss and Lichen - a Guide for Gardeners24th December 2018
- Black Horse Westerns and Their Readers10th January 2019
- 'Terminator Salvation' - the Film17th December 2018
- The Ultimate Illumination Entertainment Film Guide: 2010-201417th December 2018
- The Ultimate Carry On Film Guide: Christmas10th December 2018
Peer Review
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- A980255 - Irish Stone Circles Yesterday
- A87917728 - The Ultimate DisneyToon Studios Animated Film Guide: 2010-2015 2 Days Ago
- A87913371 - Chemical Bonding - Secondary School Content 3 Days Ago
- A87927637 - Caligula's Lighthouse: A Border Crisis, 40 CE 4 Days Ago
The Post
This week, the h2g2 Post brings you a special words-and-pictures issue full of amazing photography and art and award-winning fiction. Okay, we lied. The fiction hasn't won any awards yet. They haven't invented a category for the sort of fiction Researchers write. But you'll like it, anyway.
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