1946 Holidaying in a Draught (book p. 120) When researcher at the British Government’s Common Cold Unit in Salisbury 90 miles southwest of London tried to find out how one gets a cold they were in for a surprise: their experiments demonstrated that the common cold had nothing to do with cold temperatures. Although most […]
Year: 2008
Improbable Research Collection #112
Here’s episode 112 (“Date, nut”) of the Improbable Research TV series. To see it, click on the image at right, and you will be whisked to YouTube (where you can subscribe, if you like, to the Improbable Research channel). These are three-minute videos about research that makes people laugh, then makes them think. For links […]
On the trail of evil and wickedness
Some men and women love to study the men (and the women) who see women as evil. Many of these misogyny scholars will gather in Budapest, Hungary, in May next year, at the first global conference on Evil, Women and the Feminine. The conferees will choose among wickedly inviting topics, including monstrous motherhood; menstruation and […]
Experiment, or glitch?
Investigator Wendy Gordon sends a news clipping from the December 1, 2008 issue of the Richmond-Twickenham Times, and asks: “Can you tell me is this part of an experiment?” If so, what proposition is Professor Grayling trying to test?” Professor forgets to attend his own sell-out lecture about duty A highly respected literary and academic […]