There are many ways to peel an egg. It is analogous, in that way at least, to skinning a cat. The hydraulic method is satisfying, as demonstrated in a quick video. Another video, made by a different person, shows a more traditional way to peel an egg quickly. Yet another video, done by this same […]
About: Alice Shirrell Kaswell
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Scientists now know: A taste for color
More than meets the tongue The color of a drink can fool the taste buds into thinking it is sweeter Does orange juice taste sweeter if it’s a brighter orange? A new study in the March issue of the Journal of Consumer Research finds that the color of a drink can influence how we think […]
Bureaucracy Club: Too good at ethics
Who would have thought that doing too well on a test could get you in trouble? Certainly not Tony Williams. After passing a new online test on ethics required of all state employees, the tenured professor in the English department at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale received a notice from his university ethics officer and […]
Bio-psycho-social cutesy-soothy logo
Investigator Tim Churches writes: You might be interested in the devilishly cute (but happy) heart logo of the newly launched open access journal, BioPsychoSocial Medicine. It appears that this journal is an offshoot of the official organ of the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine, which according to its President is “an interdisciplinary academic society consisting […]
Medieval help desk (in theory)
?ystein and Meg recreate, in a short video, a (theoretical) incident handled by a medieval help desk. (Thanks to investigator John Hoyland for bringing this to our attention.)
When a paper currency fails
Between October 1, 1993 and January 24, 1995 prices increased by 5 quadrillion percent. This number is a 5 with 15 zeroes after it. So writes Thayer Watkins, Ph.D., in “What Happens When A Paper Currency Fails? The Worst Episode of Hyperinflation in History: Yugoslavia 1993-94.” (Thanks to investigator Gill Vrebel for bringing this to […]
Sara Tallarovic joins the LFHCfS
Sara Tallarovic has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. She says: I just love the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists! My students and colleagues know me by my big hair. Her research interests center around reproductive and social behaviors, and the roles that hormones have in organizing and/or activating behaviors in weakly […]
PETA’s new favorite chops
Just as mommies chop off daddies’ feet, so do farmers chop off chickens’ beaks. So one learns, apparently, from a new advertisement from the insightful, persuasive preparators at PETA.
Robert Hancock joins the LFHCfS
Robert Hancock has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says: I love this kind of thing. And drink. And vitamin C. Simon Scott, who nominated him, adds: He’s expecting his first child in two weeks time, by his wife. This nomination will be his enduring legacy. His current research involves the physiology, […]
Parul Kamdar joins the LFHCfS
Parul Kamdar has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. She says [on June 5, 2007, updating the earlier version of her entry]: I assist the law firm of King & Spalding LLP in preparing and prosecuting patent applications directed to lighting systems. I also have experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications directed […]