Mel in Barcelona, Correction Yadda I am so sorry. Once again, I must ask you to publish a correction. Surely this sets some record; many people make long series of errors, but almost none of them discuss it in public. So here is the fourth or so in the series of corrections I have been […]
Month: February 2008
The Condimentary Preferences of Drosophila
The biologist known as MissPrism reports having disproved the theory that “You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”: The Condimentary Preferences of Drosophila In a small-scale survey of the dietary preferences of kitchen Drosophila (species unknown), we find, contrary to received wisdom, that you catch significantly more flies with vinegar than with honey. […]
G.G.-Grandma?s Hand, As It Really Was
G.G.-Grandma?s Hand, As It Really Was Here is a corrected version of my great-great grandmother?s hand. Not only is the drawing corrected (one of the fingers was backwards?don?t know how that happened) but more important, so is the information. This was a model 24-C, the kind she usually supplied to scientists and heads of state. […]
Hiphuggers? Tingly Thighs
?Hiphuggers? Tingly Thighs,? Malvinder S. Parmar, Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 168, no. 1, January 7, 2003, p. 168. (Thanks to Maddalena Feliciello for bringing this to our attention.) The author, who is at Timmins and District Hospital, Timmins, Ontario, explains: I recently saw 3 mildly obese young women between the ages of 22 and […]