The good folks at the Nottingham Caves Survey marry spelunking, archaeology, laser scanning, and computer-generated-imagery to record and display some of the hidden wonders — caves and tunnels and other passageways — that statically wriggle and wander beneath the streets and buildings and hills of Nottingham, England. The video below is one of several they […]
Year: 2010
Video: Dynamics of Hula Hooping
Ariel Kraakman demonstrates the dynamics of hula-hooping, on the day after she first took up the practice. In so doing, she unknowingly honors the research of scientists Ramesh Balasubramaniam and Michael Turvey, who were awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in physics in 2004 for their study “Coordination Modes in the Multisegmental Dynamics of Hula Hooping” […]
Dogs: A drop of shyness
This is part 4 in our Curing Shyness in Dogs series. Investigator Bill Maloney, whose findings comprised most of parts 1, 2, and 3 (concentrating mainly on gunfire, thunder, and a man wearing striped gloves, respectively), explains: “Seems also that dogs can train humans not to be shy about certain things.” He says this in […]
Attractiveness of Leg Length (updated)
Researchers : Piotr Sorokowski (University of Wroclaw, Institute of Psychology), Andrzej Szmajke (University of Wroclaw, Institute of Psychology), Agnieszka Sorokowska (University of Wroclaw, Institute of Psychology), Maryann Borg Cunen (University of Malta), Marharyta Fabrykant (Belarusian State University), Kiumars Zarafshani (Razi University), Manochehr Amiri (Razi University), Saeideh Bazzazian (Islamic Azad University), Biljana Blazevska-Stoilkovska (University “Sts. Cyril […]