I teach at a school in Englewood Colorado, and I’d like your help with a rumor. My teammate’s daughter has heard that her science teacher was in the calendar “Studmuffins of Science.” His name is Timothy (TJ) Donahue, and he teaches at Cherry Creek High School. Can you help us verify this rumor either from […]
Category: Arts and Science
Research and other stuff that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
Nothing for Nano? No!
So far we have received no entries — not a single one — for our contest to choose the best limerick on the topic Nanotechnology and Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano We therefore declare the contest to be over. We feel that to end this contest without any winner would be an insult to Prime […]
Longer Brief History
A Briefer History of Time is now five years old. Eric Schulman’s 200-word classic article “The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less,” expanded to book length, was published five years ago. To celebrate, the author has updated the history, and posted a free downloadable copy (in the form of a PDF file) […]
Homemade Zygotes — Just Like Mom’s!
"’Homemade Zygotes — Just Like Mom’s!’" You may not be that far off!" So writes investigator Ron Josephson. The phrase is familiar to regular readers of AIR’s Unclassified Ads section, in which an ad saying exactly that has been appearing relentlessly for years now. See for example, the Unclassified Ads section in the magazine’s Jan//Feb […]