In 2003, a dictionary of Spam was created by Guy Di Mattina whilst studying at the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland. “The first step” explains the author, “was to create a list of features that appeared in Spam or normal mail but not in both.” The results were published in […]
Year: 2014
Physics and the new Ig Nobel opera (and pills, and lotsa microbes)
The Harvard Physics Department is, again this year, kindly letting us use their SciBox as rehearsal space for the new Ig Nobel mini-opera. This photo, by David Kessler, shows part of the cast, at the first full rehearsal. The opera, called “What’s Eating You“, will premiere as part of the 24th First Annual Ig Nobel […]
“Finally, My Thesis On Academic Procrastination”
No need to wait any longer to download and read this paper: “Finally, My Thesis On Academic Procrastination,” Justin McCloskey, master’s thesis, University of Texas at Arlington, November 2011. “References to procrastination have been dated back to as long as 3,000 years ago. However, research on procrastination is ironically enormously behind the curve in active […]
Ig Nobel winner (Chickens Prefer Beautiful Winners) on dog breeds
BiblioChile reports on a new paper by Ig Nobel Prize winner (“Chickens Prefer Beautiful People“) Stefano Ghirlanda. Here’s an auto-translation of the beginning of that report: How dogs movies have influenced the alteration dog breeds in the world “Chickens prefer the pretty people” headlined an amazing scientific study published in 2002. At work, led by […]