Yet another new insight about the physiological effects of drinking coffee: “Coffee for morning hunger pangs: an examination of coffee and caffeine on appetite, gastric emptying, and energy intake,” Matthew M. Schubert, Gary Grant, Katy Horner, Neil King, Michael Leveritt, Surendran Sabapathy, Ben Desbrow, Appetite, epub September 16, 2014. The authors, at various institutions in Australia and […]
Year: 2014
World’s most inventive inventor (and possibly greatest human) is coming to the Ig
Japan’s most famous — and most colorful — inventor/politician/author is coming to Boston this week, returning to the scene of his highest official honor. He boasts more than 3300 patents, and dozens of books. He has repeatedly run for high political office, easily attracting more press coverage than most of his competitors. He is better known […]
Ig Nobel ceremony tickets…
Ig Nobel tickets! A few Ig Nobel Prize ceremony tickets are available. (These are tickets we had been holding in reserve for emergency needs — and have now released for sale). They are available exclusively from the Harvard Box Office, online and at Holyoke Center.
The doc who gave out while giving sperm
“Details, please!” is the hope and plea of medical professionals everywhere, about a train of medical events reported to have happened in Wuhan, China. The hope is that the attending physicians involved in the case will publish a formal case report in a good-quality medical journal. The case, thus far, has been told only in the general […]