How would Queen Elizabeth (of the UK) be cited if she were ever to do an unexpected thing like write a book? Psychologist Stephen Black answers this question, asked of him by investigator Beth Benoit. Black writes: Interesting question. Lizabeth has not, but the Royal offspring and heir apparent has. Here are a few variant […]
Month: December 2009
A truly acute cute thing in PubMed
Yesterday we reported on several cute cases of apparent typographical errors that rendered the wore “acute” into “a cute” in citations in the PubMed database. This item, though, is different. Its title really is as it appears in the database: “Mesodiverticular Band: A Cute Little Bleeder,” K. Mukherjee, L. Fryer, Mr B. M. Stephenson, British […]
A cute/acute thing in Pubmed
Certain typographical errors are especially likely to creep into medical databases. These entries in the PubMed database may demonstrate the principle. A cute poisoning. A survey of 516 cases. CUMMING G., Practitioner. 1960 Apr;184:481-7. No abstract available. PMID: 13813276 A cute pancreatitis in the upper age groups. HOFFMAN E, PEREZ E, SOMERA V., Gastroenterology. 1959 […]
Rick Santorum: Lessons for scientists
Like some of his colleagues, former US Congressman Rick Santorum, in an essay in the Philadelphia Inquirer, patiently explained that most scientists don’t do science the way he does. Here are some of his thoughts: In 2001, I offered a legislative amendment about teaching the subject of evolution, [It says] “where biological evolution is taught, […]