Fun bits from doctors’ obituaries by Caroline Richmond, medical obituarist, London, U.K. drawings by Nan Swift, Improbable Research staff Peter Robson I doubt I will ever see another obit as outspoken as this: Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist South Tyneside Hospital 1992-2000 (b Rushden, Northamptonshire, 1946; q Newcastle upon Tyne 1975; MRCOG), d 28 April 2001…. […]
Year: 2009
The Tangle That is Happy Birthday
Despite everyone’s carefree joy in singing Happy Birthday to You, this simple song puts you in legal jeopardy every time it exits your mouth. A considerable amount of money flows to the corporation that owns the copyright. But … maybe that company doesn’t own the copyright, and maybe you are in no legal peril. Professor […]
Prune Juice for the Soul
Can you help me locate a book that was published about ten years ago it was very popular among scientists I wish I bought a copy then but now it seems impossible to find one but you will know where to get one if anyone will the title is “Prune Juice for the Soul.” Bailey […]
The McMath ice cream licking hypothesis
Massey food technology senior lecturer Kay McMath thinks so. Although she is not aware of any specific scientific evidence to prove it, she says “there are some physical and physiological reasons why there are likely to be differences in flavour”. “Flavour in ice cream is only released when the fat content – which carries the […]