Nicholas Scarsdale has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists™ (LFHCfS). Abigail Lee, who nominated him, says: “Nicholas Scarsdale has the most luxurious hair of any astronomer I know. He graduated from Penn with a B.A. in Physics and Biophysics and just finished his PhD in Astronomy from UC Santa Cruz. He is soon […]
There is almost a sweetness to the title of this study, almost: “Epidemiology of Reindeer Parasites,” Odd Halvorsen, Parasitology Today, vol. 2, no. 12, 1986, pp. 334-339. (Thanks to Sip Siperstein for bringing this to our attention.) The author says: “Every Christmas we sing about Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer, but do we give much thought […]
The Vienna Science Ball announces: The 11th Vienna Ball of Sciences, to be held on January 24, 2026, at Vienna City Hall, was virtually sold out after just five days. As a special Christmas present, the organizing committee is releasing a final batch of 150 tickets in the online shop. Participation in the accompanying program […]
[NOTE: The photo shows historic — and rare — pubic lice specimens in the collection of the Natural History Museum in Rotterdam.] The Telegraph of India today published a letter of concern about the current work of Ig Nobel Prize winner Kees Moeliker. The letter says: Close shave Sir — That the chainsaw is responsible […]