The Better-Than-Zero Essay Competition honors a thought expressed by Henry A. Obering, director of the United States Missile Defense Agency. This thought is reported in a July 21, 2005 Dow Jones news article (and also in a July 22 Washington Post article): Lt. Gen. Henry A. Obering III told reporters that he had confidence in […]
Category: Arts and Science
Research and other stuff that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
Pigeon-load almosts
Here are two of the runner-up entries to the Pigeon Load Limerick Contest. The contest, announced in the June issue of miniAIR, is to write a limerick that elucidates this research report: "Transmitter Loads Affect the Flight Speed and Metabolism of Homing Pigeons," J.A. Gessaman and K.A. Nagy, Condor, vol. 90, 1988, pp. 662?8. The […]
The kept foot — a medical writing triumph
Investigator Sally Shelton sent us a newspaper clipping, together with a prediction. She writes: "This is the 2005 winner for Best Opening Line in a Breaking News Story." The article appears in the July 26, 2005 issue of the Lawrence (Kansas) Journal-World. It begins: Amputee happy to be reunited with foot Police had seized limb […]
Poultry Internet mission
Here is the mission statement of The Poultry Internet: Poultry are one of the most badly treated animals in the modern world. It has been shown that they have high levels of both cognition and feelings and as a result there has been a recent trend of promoting poultry welfare. There is also a tradition […]