The Straight Dope Archive

Why does everybody in the world play tag?
December 5, 2017
Can we harvest electricity from electric eels?
November 24, 2017
What’s the skinny on artificial sweeteners like aspartame?
November 17, 2017
What happened to all the supergeniuses?
November 10, 2017
What’s with the weird British pronunciation of words like Gloucester?
November 3, 2017
Can hurricanes be stopped?
October 27, 2017
What’s so awful about nails on a chalkboard?
October 20, 2017
Do jails and prisons allow video-conferencing with inmates?
October 13, 2017
How useful are at-home DNA tests?
October 6, 2017
Why are there so few kinds of cutlery?
September 29, 2017