Our analysis is, at least to our knowledge, the one with the largest data set (in terms of completed lunar cycles) to date for the problem under investigation. Using methods of spectral analysis we found overwhelming evidence for the hypothesis that there is no association of the lunar cycle and the number of births. So […]
Month: June 2007
Bored of wrestlers, back into birds
?John duPont is looking for artists to illustrate a new bird book. If you know of any interested parties please send a sample of your work and resume to ?. ? This announcement, posted on eBEAC, the electronic Bulletin for European Avian Curators, made me think. John E duPont? The multimillionaire (heir to the DuPont […]
Shrimp on a treadmill, with music
Someone has applied music to the video of Pacific University biologist David Scholnick‘s shrimp-on-a-treadmill. Treadmills should, of course, be used with caution, as injuries have been known to occur. (Thanks to investigator Reiko Allen for bringing this to our attention.)
The science of what-if
Investigator Jennifer Grant alerts us to a potentially new branch of scientific inquiry: what-if research. A May 18, 2007 Associated Press report gives details: Abraham Lincoln might have survived being shot if today’s medical technology had existed in 1865. Given that scenario, the question is whether Lincoln, the president who led the United States during […]