Research and other stuff that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
World Standards Day 2026 is on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2026. The USA celebrates World Standards Day 2026 on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2026. We have long celebrated this what-is-now standard dueling dual World Standards Day standard. MUSICAL BONUS: An old song about a quasi-standard day:
Be you an armadillo or not, others may or may not perceive you to be unique. The how and why of that gets a vigorous (and possibly unique) writeup in this study: “What Makes Each of Us Unique? The Nine-Banded Armadillo as a Model to Study Individuality,” Delva P. Leao, Alvaro Duque, and Marcelo O. […]
If you meet a person who reads novels, and who has mentioned to you that some of those novels include a map, consider mentioning to to that person that they can read a study about the question of why there are or are not maps in some novels. The study is: “Castles, Battlefields, and Continents: […]
Nature magazine published a nice editorial about the Ig Nobel Prizes, on September 8, 2026. You might enjoy reading it. Also, here’s a quick video presentation about some of the new winners, by Nature journalist Maren Hunsberger: And More… You might also enjoy dipping into some of the other press accounts of this year’s Ig […]