James Voordeckers has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. Drew Reed, who nominated him, says: James Voordeckers (a lab mate of mine) is a Ph.D. student working on deep-sea hydrothermal vent microbiology in the lab of Dr. Costantino Vetriani. James’ hair is obviously luxuriant and flowing (as shown in the accompanying picture in […]
Year: 2006
Carcass caucus
If you deal with or muse about carcass disposal, or if you simply enjoy attending symposia, consider going to this event: National Carcass Disposal Symposium 2006 Connecting Research, Policy and Response Sheraton College Park Hotel Beltsville, Maryland December 4-7, 2006 (Thanks to investigator Ron Josephson for bringing this to our attentionn.)
Some health risks of prayer
He who prays fervently courts danger – neurological danger. [Click on the image to see video.] This stark fact has only recently been reported to the public, in a study published by five neurologists at Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel in Germany. But fear not – the risk for any particular individual is low. In the […]
November mini-AIR
The November issue of mini-AIR just went out. It touches on Heckman’s Panache and each of the following topics: Hole, Cork, Fork, Spider, Gals, Enema, Bird, Head, and Thought that Impedes. (If you would like to have mini-AIR automatically sent to your email box every month, please subscribe to it. It?s free.)