Improbable Research

Evann Souza has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. She says:

In May 2007 I obtained my Masters of Science in Conservation Biology and Environmental Sciences from the University of Hawaii at Hilo. I currently work for the USDA-ARS, doing agricultural insect research primarily with fruit flies. I have attached a picture of myself in Costa Rica where I took a field studies class

Evann Souza, MS, LFHCfS
Tropical Plant Pests Research
Biological Science Technician (Insects)
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Hilo, Hawaii, USA, USA

Can anyone help me identify the metal used in the nails used to make the ladder used by the bearded gentleman in the middle of this photograph? I have been puzzling at this for a long time now, and decided it?s time to ask for help.

Tommy (?Thomas?)

Tompkins Metallurgist,

retired Missoula,

Missouri, USA

(That’s an excerpt from the article “Exhalations from our readers,” published in AIR 14:2.)

?The Emotional Force of Swearwords and Taboo Words in the Speech of Multilinguals,? J.M. Dewaele, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, vol. 25, nos. 2?3, 2004, pp. 204?22 (http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/62). (Thanks to Cathy Harris-Caldwell for bringing this to our attention.)

This paper investigates the perception of emotional force of swearwords and taboo words (S-T words) among 1039 multilinguals…. Participants who learned their language(s) in a naturalistic or partly naturalistic context gave higher ratings on emotional force of S-T words in that language than instructed language learners.

(That’s an excerpt from the article “How to Write 85,000 Books,” by Chris McManus, published in AIR 14:2.)

Tim Marzullo has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says:

The lovely lady next to me [in the photo] is my girlfriend, a vet student at Michigan State.

Tim Marzullo, LFHCfS
Graduate student in neural engineering
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Here are a few of the more than 85,000 (or perhaps more than 200,000) books authored by Professor Philip M. Parker and his book-writing machine.

?The Official Patient?s Sourcebook on SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA ?The Official Patient?s Sourcebook on DIARRHEA ?FLATULENCE: A Bibliography, Medical Dictionary, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References HALITOSIS: A Bibliography, Medical Dictionary, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

(That’s an excerpt from the article “May We Recommend: Parker Titles,” Published in AIR 14:2.)