A giant tip of the hat today to John Marburger. Mr. Marburger is generally known as the “science advisor to President Bush and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy“—but most American scientists believe that his efforts have been focused on something other than what those jobs require. That something, we are now […]
Year: 2008
Tidman and the Masquerades
Dr. Michael J. Tidman of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust asks questions that have never been asked, at least so overtly and with such precise language. He aims to unmask poseurs of a particular type: dermatological ailments that present in such a way that a person might presume them to be something other […]
Sounds from, if not like, teeth
The auditory capacities of teeth may be demonstrated through a simple test. First, find a quiet room to sit in. If you are wearing an analog watch, remove it from your wrist. Open your mouth wide and suspend the timepiece inside your mouth without actually touching your teeth. You will hear a quiet ticking. But […]
Random visitors — an observation
I apparently do sit at my desk just waiting for random people to stop by and ask me to do random things, and then insult me when I refuse. So writes the self-described Female Science Professor, after giving an example of the phenomenon.