Two Ig Nobel Prize celebrities are in the lineup for the 2013 TED talks, which was announced today: Kees Moeliker, who was awarded the 2003 Ig Nobel Prize winner in biology for documenting the first scientifically recorded case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck. Amanda Palmer, who performed as a singer (and once as a wedding prop) in […]
Year: 2013
Today’s News: Professor attends conference
The Salisbury Post, in North Carolina, reports: Professor attends conference Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:47 a.m. UPDATED: Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:53 a.m. Dr. Eric R. Hake, associate professor of economics and department chair of business & economics at Catawba College, recently attended the annual conference of the Association for Evolutionary Economics in San […]
Old amusements book for new men
If you are a young man inclined to read old books about amusement for men who were, at the time the books were written, young, this book may provide some amusement. Called The Young Man’s Book of Amusement, it was published in 1856, and is now online thanks to Google Books:
About-Face on Face Shape?
A new study about faces implies than an old study about faces (which we wrote about way back when) should not be taken at face value: “Lack of Support for the Association between Facial Shape and Aggression: A Reappraisal Based on a Worldwide Population Genetics Perspective,” Jorge Gómez-Valdés, Tábita Hünemeier, Mirsha Quinto-Sánchez, Carolina Paschetta, Soledad […]