More than twenty years of experience in the healthcare industry has enabled Elena Medo to launch Prolacta Bioscience and professionalize the handling and processing of human breast milk. This proud claim is made corporately, and fortified with plenty of research description. The public is trying to digest what it all means. (Thanks to Investigator Scott […]
Month: March 2006
Boardom in Estonia
Estonian Driver Accidentally Runs Over 10 Wild Boars in One Day So says the headline on a March 14, 2006 MosNews report. Half a world away, the Ontario, Canada government has a solution to the problem.
Hurd and hooey
Given the finger, Dr. Hurd says he finds the evidence compelling. A March 2, 2005 press release (from the University of Alberta) makes this plain: Dr. Peter Hurd initially thought the idea was “a pile of hooey,” but he changed his mind when he saw the data. Hurd and graduate student Allison Bailey have shown […]
82 beats 41
It is now official: An 82-year-old former professor beat a 41-year-old woman in court, after beating her in a bedroom. The March 24, 2006 issue of MidHudsonNews reports: Mistrial declared in sexual assault case of ex-prof A mistrial has been declared in the trial of former SUNY New Paltz professor Wade Thompson, 82, who was […]
Robert Kennedy joins LFHCfS
Robert Kennedy has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says: My name is Robert Kennedy, and I am a Ph.D. graduate of Stanford University in Computer Science. I currently work more in an engineering capacity at Tensilica, Inc., but still I consider myself a scientist. Computer scientist, that is. Dr. Robert Kennedy […]
The age of responsibility
A scientist at MIT writes: “This went out as part of a recent job postings email. I’m glad to see that Nuclear Reactor Operators need to be at least 18 years old.” REACTOR OPERATOR, Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, to perform reactor startups and shutdowns; provide control room coverage; maintain reactor instrumentation and equipment; perform diagnostic tests […]
Cute little animals
Those who enjoy looking at cute little animals, especially cute little animals some of whom are doing odd things, may enjoy looking at the justalittleguy blog. However, those who detest little animals but crave all other things cute can make do by reading David L. Cute’s study: “Comparison of two techniques of marking the horizontal […]
A well-engineered excuse
Tim Radford, just-retired science editor of The Guardian, was scheduled to be a competitor in the Great Intelligence Debate, a featured part of the Ig Nobel Tour of the UK. This note explains why he was unable to participate: I’m really sorry to have missed the great Ig roadshow. I was wrestling with the intricate […]
Bush on evolution: Teach it!
A video called “Heredity” teaches the rudiments of evolution, with a music video of “a song so catchy it’ll get your genes.” The video is one of many offered by Ignite! Learning, a company owned substantially by the prolific Neil Bush, brother of the U.S. president. The Bushes’ mother, Barbara, also supports getting this video […]
The effects of peanut butter on the rotation of the earth
German speakers (or readers) will appreciate the German edition of the book The Effects of Peanut Butter on the Rotation of the Earth more fully than will non-German-speakers (or readers). Theoretically, that is.