On Good Friday 1962 researcher Walter Pahnke administered 10 theology mind altering drugs before the church service – with surprising consequences. Even 25 years after the experiment the test subjects – a lot of them became priests – described the Good Friday service of 1962 as one of the high points in their spiritual lives. […]
Year: 2008
Lusty, if erroneous, science communication
“Science journals need not be dull,” writes investigator Xiao Bizi, alerting us to a December 9, 2008 report in The Independent newspaper about a German science journal: Science journal mistakenly uses flyer for Macau brothel to illustrate report on China A respected research institute wanted Chinese classical texts to adorn its journal, something beautiful and […]
Shopping Bag Injuries
“Digital Artery Occlusion Secondary to Plastic Shopping Bag Trauma,” R. Joy, J.L. Isaacs and R.J. McCarthy, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 89, no. 6, 2007, pp. W11–3 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/147870807X227755). (Thanks to Adrian Smith for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at Torbay Hospital, Torquay, U.K., report: “Upper limb digital arterial […]
December mini-AIR
The December issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: Random Mystery (is there a Stochastic Association?); Echoes from the Salute to Smets; Most-Absurd-Drug-Names — Selection #5; That-Which-Lurketh-Between; Nauseating Walk Around a Pole; Coins at Sea and Six Guesses; etc. (If you would like to have mini-AIR automatically sent to your email box every month, […]