The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS) has just chosen its new Woman of the Year and Man of the Year. The choices this time are triply luxuriant and flowing… So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian
Month: January 2005
Big Bone Lick
It is time, again, to pause and recongnize Kentucky’s Big Bone Lick State Park, the proudly self-proclaimed Birthplace of American Vertebrate Paleontology. (Thanks to investigator Verena Wieloch for bringing this to our attention.)
Personal Nose Filters
Personal nose filters. Yes, personal nose filters. The manufacturer reports that they (a) are "tested by Universities in Belgium and The Buteyko Breathing Institute in Asia;" (b) do not protect against poisonous or toxic gases, fumes, vapors, etc.; and (c) should be kept out of the reach of children. (Thanks to Earle Spamer for bringing […]
Dirty cups
Not so long ago, "in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the discovery of penicillin — a happy accident in which rogue mold grew in a forgotten petri dish, the Royal Society of Chemistry has asked its most unhygienic stakeholders to send in photos of their most disgusting, molded-over and crufted-up coffee cups." Many people […]