The July issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: A Fly Based on a Theory; Apology to Professor Lester; Many Say “Mono”; A Computer Science Approach to the Problem; Ant-Crowding Poets; Self-Compatible Daffodil Competition; What’s Hot in Shoes; Octopus faith, dirty elections; and snake and rice (and sweet itch). (If you would like to […]
Month: July 2007
Three ant crowding limericks
Here are three ant crowding limericks, runners up in the Ant Crowding Competition Limerick Competition that was announced in mini-AIR 2007-06. The winning limerick — not amongst the trio shown here — will be announced in mini-AIR 2007-07. The competition asked for a limerick to honor the following study: “Optimal Traffic Organization in Ants Under […]
The forceful adventures of Dr. Bane
I’m far from home at my annual conference. Dr. Bane is here, and worse than ever before. While he didn’t crash the board meetings, he has serially violated the graduate students: he forces them to listen to his grand delusions about his role in the creation of the universe for hours at a time. The […]
A wee note from the Wii doctor
I would like to nominate myself (in order to exercise my egolatry) to the IgNobel 2007 edition. After playing with my new Wii video console for 10 hours I suffered from a tendinitis in my shoulder. I decided to report my personal case to the New England Journal of Medicine. Surprisely they published it! You […]