The inception of PROJECT “INSECT MUNCH KABOOM” (announced in mini-AIR 2004-04) roused Investigator Gary Dryfoos: Okay, first of all, I don’t think you can get most insects to blow at all, never mind in a specified direction. For a lot of them, it would seem their necks wouldn’t bend back enough for them to blow […]
Category: Arts and Science
Research and other stuff that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
Fall Guy / Penguin
Penguins go plop all the time. For an example, look here. (Thanks to Martin Meder for bringing this to our attention.) And of course penguins go pooh all the time. For an example, look here.
Correct Appreciation
Not every publication admits that it, on occasion, contains errors. The British Medical Journal (or, as it’s known these days, the BMJ) is more pleasingly straightforward than most of its peers, as you can see here.
Angular Momentum – Groundhog
Investigator Dwight Fisher sent us this report from the field: I was taking a much needed rest from my scientific pursuits with a collection of technical support staff in a local vegetarian restaurant located on a busy street near downtown Athens, Georgia. One of the staff looked out the window and said, “What is that?” […]