Worrying about the cost of medical care appears to increase the risk of dying after a cardiac procedure, a study finds. So begins a May 17, 2004 report in HealthDay by Ed Edelson. Read the report here. Thanks to investigator Kristine Danowski for bringing this to our attention.
Month: June 2004
Ig Dublin show
Here are some photos from the Dublin show in this year’s Ig Nobel Tour of the U.K. and Ireland. Over the next several weeks we will be posting photos from the other shows on the tour, too.
June mini-AIR
The June issue of mini-AIR just went out. Read it here. Contents include, among other things: / Staring and Blushing / Frog / Nano Name Correction / Walked Knots Correction / Sorgenfrey-Line Poet / It’s… It’s… / Pigeon-vs.-Missile Survey / Gumming-Up-the-Works Limerick Contest / Gnome, Nostril, Ides of June
Troy’s Blast Cushion – Good News
There’s more good news about Troy Hurtubise’s latest invention, the blast cushion. Thre are lots of pictures, too. See here.
Review of Reviews
Analysis is not always as simple as it may seem. Here is an example. Two different researchers analyzed the same book. each wrote a review. Here they are: From the Publisher: The classic study of Arab culture and society is now more relevant than ever. Since its original publication in 1983, the revised edition of […]
Nail the Snail
On Mediterranean shores, there’s always something in the air. Romance, perhaps? Well, research shows that sometimes it’s just marijuana pollen wafting in from Africa. And sometimes, it’s snails…. So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian. Read it here.
Bureaucracy: Smart
Investigator Tim Churches writes (n triplicate, though reproduced here only once): The delightfully named “Dept of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances,” an arm of the Indian governemt, has established a new body called the “National Institute of Smart Government”. This leads to speculation about the existence of institutes for other types of government. See some […]
Ig Belfast show
Here are some photos from the Belfast show in this year’s Ig Nobel Tour of the U.K. and Ireland. Over the next several weeks we will be posting photos from the other shows on the tour, too.
Study, Study, Play, Play
In Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 14, 1973 Alyce Taylor Cheska organized and chaired a meeting of over thirty scholars who were identified as publishing research within the general rubric of play, and with this critical mass of interested scholars the Cultural Anthropology of Play Reprint Society was born… Thus does the The Association for the […]
How to Lay an Egg
How does a hen lay an egg? Read about it here. Thanks to investigator Mark Dionne for bringing this to our attention.