Murray Gingras has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. Mike Caldwell, who nominated him, says: It is my pleasure to nominate my great, and now luxuriantly coiffed, friend and colleague, Dr. Murray Gingras Ph.D., for membership in the LFHCfS. I have his full and hearty approval to do so. For the last two […]
Month: August 2006
Highly jumpy Canadian
In August 2006 an extraordinary project will bind France, Canada and a single man for an historic supersonic free fall. Michel Fournier will drop out of the stratosphere from an altitude from about 130,000 feet (40 kilometers, nearly 25 miles) above the plains of Saskatchewan, Canada. So says Michel Fournier or his representative. Reports do […]
Lab rat terriers
What breed of dog is most popular with scientists? The answer should be: Lab Rat Terriers. A lab rat terrier is the result of mating (a) a labrador retriever with (b) a rat terrier. However, few — if any — scientists own lab rat terriers. If you own a lab rat terrier, we invite you […]
Much-Tutted little
King Tut’s Penis Rediscovered is the headline on a May 3, 2006 report by Discovery News. (Thanks to investigator Corine Daws for bringing this to our attention.)
Aaron Santos joins LFHCfS
Aaron Santos has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says: I am in my final year as a PhD physics student at Boston University. My website contains pictures with more flowing hair. Aaron Santos Graduate student, physics Boston University Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Click on the photo to see more detail.)
Surgery: The first cut is the steepest
They tell you that the learning curve is steep, but they can’t do it justice. It’s fucking vertical. So says Dr. Noah Raizman about about his first week as a surgical intern.
The business of the mind
In the lofty world of mental health professionals, how can one professional group maneuver itself to gain a lucrative mega-hunk of business? An August 10 Associated Press report suggests one possibility. The report begins with the ostensible real subject: The American Psychological Association took a stand against torture Thursday but kept an existing policy saying […]
Rear admirable
Of all the romance books ever written, which has the most surprising depths? The Romance of Tristan and Iseult? No. The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton? No. The Romance of Pepperell, Being a Brief Account of the Career of Sir William Pepperell, Soldier, Pioneer, American Merchant and Developer of New England Industry, for Whom the […]
The story of the Doctorate Rabbit
A classic parable, perhaps from France: In the jungle of research, a small white rabbit stumbles upon a wolf. “What’s a bunny doing here? ” says the famishus famishus wolf. “I am doing an important piece of research work for my thesis, ” says the rabbit. “And what is that?” “It’s all about the superiority […]
Old story
Eighty-eight years young! Virmaram Jat has every reason to feel that way. Far from the world of artificial inseminations and Viagra, this farmer settled in a border hamlet in the midst of sand dunes, in Barmer district of Rajasthan, has become the proud father of a baby boy. Villagers couldn’t stop marvelling at his “feat.” […]