The June issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: Bald Scientists in Limbo; Birth of Improbable Research TV; Swedish Crisp Bread Salivation Poet; Crisp Bread — Extra Slices; Extra Crisp Bread, for Specialists; Paxton’s Big Fish Prediction; Greek Hip Joint Limerick Competition; Temperance Test Tempered Answers; and Fournier’s Gangrene, Waffle; etc. (If you would […]
Month: June 2008
Feedback: An earful
The concept of feedback is illustrated in an April 20, 2008 New York Times report: an extraordinary noise-related argument between the conductor and the Bern Symphony Orchestra disrupted the opening night of Alban Berg?s ?Wozzeck? in March. The piece called for 30 string players and 30 wind and percussion players, all crammed into a too-small […]
Tourist Teeth Guide
If you are planning a trip to the United States and want to either (a) see lots of people with teeth or (b) see lots of people without teeth, which states should you visit? Two sources of info will help you decide: First, the study “Usual and Unusual Orofacial Motor Activities Associated with Tooth Wear,” […]
Mike Madden joins LFHCfS
Mike Madden has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says: These two photos?taken 25 years apart?show that I’ve had LFH in lab for at least 25 years.? The hair started growing extremely luxuriantly during my graduate studies at the University of North Carolina starting in 1980. Together, my hair and I have […]