Historians, some of them, worry that intentional fiction becomes mistaken for genuine history. A July 6, 2006 press release (from the University of Leeds) hints at some of that distress: The 2006 International Medieval Congress (IMC) takes place from 10 to 13 July, and one of its many offerings is a discussion of how The […]
Month: July 2006
Sarah Villa joins LFHCfS
Sarah Villa has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. She says: I’m a scientist and would love to be part of your club. If you follow the link [below] to our group’s home page, you’ll see me listed under my old name, “Sarah Villa Dolan” (you’ll need to scroll down a bit). Sarah […]
Poetry — heart and breath
Poetry is said, by poets, to make the heart flutter and the breath catch. A team of German, Swiss and Austrian scientists showed that the claim is quite true, at least under certain laboratory conditions…. So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian.
“A molecular happening”
“A molecular happening” (or whatever its title is — the phrase is spoken in the introduction) is an educational film in which people play the role of atoms. The photo shown here depicts an ensemble cast portraying the life of a ribosome. (Thanks to investigator Rahmi Lale for bringing this to our attention.)
Flatulence cushion for the chair-bound
Flatulence filter seat cushion for absorbing odor and providing sound attenuation from an anal discharge of a seated individual The said cushions are typically used at home, in office environments, for wheelchair patients, while traveling in the car, train, plane, and sporting events or for that special gift-giving occasion. That is the description of a […]
Maggie Pinckard joins LFHCfS
Maggie Pinckard has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. She says: As one of those long-haired Lab rats from Berzerkeley, I think I qualify for membership in the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. Margaret Pinckard Principal Research Associate (Environmental Science) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, California, USA (Click on the photo to […]
Professors measured my cranium
Wherever I went, great crowds turned out to see me play. For four years, I was on public view. People stared at me, poked at me, tried to hug me, asked me questions. Professors measured my cranium and psycho-analyzed me. Reporters interviewed me and wrote fanciful stories about my future. Photographers were forever aiming their […]
Tell Him, bear
Bear researchers, lion lovers, ethologists, ornithologists and musicologists will all have something to learn, or at least something to ask, from watching the short video of The Exciters performing the song “Tell Him” at a zoo. (Thanks to Scopitones for bringing this to our attention.)
Molecular balloonists
Marcus Rehbein, Rolf Eckhardt and Aasif Karim build balloon molecules. They invite others to do likewise: We would like to show you how to use modelling balloons to build chemical molecules. Basically you only need balloons, a pump and some imagination. (Thanks to investigator Katharine Sanderson for bringing this to our attention.)
Murphy’s Law: The book of books
There’s news about Murphy’s Law. (On a wistful philosophical note, though: when is there not news about Murphy’s Law?) For anyone who appreciates the power of The Law, the book of books has arrived. The story of how Murphy’s Law got its name is curious, contentious, and not without charm — it epitomizes the human […]