Britain continues to be fascinated with parachute jump failure. Here are two examples, one new, one old: “How to survive a parachute failure“—BBC News, 2018. and “Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials” —British Medical Journal, 2003. (Thanks to IanVisits for bringing the new […]
Category: Arts and Science
Research and other stuff that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
The Solubility of Salt : A Divine Action Account (new thesis)
The next time you sprinkle a few grains of salt into your soup, then, if you have the time for it, you could consider the theological implications of doing so. To assist with your considerations, don’t miss the work of Professor Lisanne D’Andrea Winslow of the University of Northwestern, St. Paul, MN, US, who has […]
Julie loves raspberries
Gotta love solicitation bots! We especially like this particular variation on an all-too-frequent kind of “hey editor” solicitation. Our own blog post was about orangutans “blowing raspberries“: ——————————– hey Marc, Hope you’re having a good day, sorry to interrupt you :) I’m emailing because I found a page on your site that mentions something about raspberries: https://improbable.com/…/orang-utans-blow-raspberries-…/ […]
The old lady, the young man, and the swallowed shrew
In the title of this blog post, the old lady is hypothetical, the young man is real, and so is the shrew. The old lady appears in this item in the Cardunculus blog: One of the cats was sick in the gravel, but the Systems Administrator had to clear it up as I was out […]