Researchers from Utrecht University have an update on temperatures in hands that may, or may not, belong to you. Their paper, “No consistent cooling of the real hand in the rubber hand illusion,” gives an example of the importance of distinguishing body ownership: “Consider a simple task such as walking towards another person –say, this […]
Year: 2017
The incident of the Suspected-Soviet-Sub, the Swedish Navy, and the Farting Herring
“Fishes caused Sweden to be afraid of being attacked by Soviet submarines in 1982” is a report by VN Express (in Vietnamese) about the secret incident that years later produced the 2004 Ig Nobel Biology Prize. The central figures in the story: farting herring. It is an open question, biologically speaking, whether the herring do […]
Noseflutes for Christmas anyone?
Stuck for ideas for Christmas presents? Thought about noseflutes? Before purchasing (or making your own, as above), you can find all the information you require for an informed decision at Noseflute.org – since 2011, the definitive online resource for all things noseflute-related. A review of the ‘Nasalette’ replica, as featured in the video above, can […]
Medical danger of wearing rolled-up shirtsleeves
A medical report about the danger of rolling up your sleeves is featured in the December 2012 issue of mini-AIR. mini-AIR is an email newsletter— a tiny supplement to the un-tiny magazine Annals of Improbable Research. You can subscribe to the newsletter (it’s email, that comes once a month) for free. You can subscribe to the […]