Your Friday Reading: "Talking Rubber"

It's Friday afternoon! Let's look into the archives of physics and pretend we're still working. "Hi, you've reached Eran. Please leave a message, and I'll get back to you." That's my voice mail message on my cell phone that I recorded in high school and can't figure out how to change. Although I'm still a loyal proponent of phone calls themselves, I have to admit, I probably don't check my voice mail as much as I should. And it's not just me. As young people shy away from leaving voice messages ...